If you try to tabulate the difference in education this kid and a similar thirteen year old in Ghana is getting, you might need all the calculators in the world.
But this is not just about the formal education this kid is receiving, but also the social one which plays a crucial role in the kind of mentality he builds towards problem solving. Up there, you’re likely to end up with an upbringing which encourages, rather than disparages science in the name of religion, as we are so fond of doing down here.

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