> Is it not a bigger problem that the majority of students cannot handle the math and science that currently exists? Of course not. Dumb people exist because

> Is it not a bigger problem that the majority of students cannot handle the math and science that currently exists? Of course not. Dumb people exist because their parents were still smart enough to breed — a much lower bar than being smart enough to do bleeding edge 19th century science. > Accelerating math will benefit a few high flyers, but actually devoting resource to better teaching the math that is there will benefit a broader section of students. Barely. There is loads of educational research; we’re already dribbling on the asymptote.