Talent is not just something you have inside of yourself. It is also what circumstances allow you to express. Michael Jordan wouldn't have slam-dunked the ball had the basketball rim been 5 meters above the court.
There are "sports" where the rules change during the game. Last year, in a "game" of mathematics, this is what happened to yours truly: the "height of the rim" was gradually increased and his contribution did not warrant co-authorship (as initially promised), but only thanks (here, on page 17). Thus, he lost (probably forever) the opportunity to "slam dunk" an Erdös-Bacon-Sabbath number of 10 (=3+4+3).
There are "sports" where the rules change during the game. Last year, in a "game" of mathematics, this is what happened to yours truly: the "height of the rim" was gradually increased and his contribution did not warrant co-authorship (as initially promised), but only thanks (here, on page 17). Thus, he lost (probably forever) the opportunity to "slam dunk" an Erdös-Bacon-Sabbath number of 10 (=3+4+3).
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