What We Miss When We Focus on Art Restoration “Talent”

After "What We Miss When We Focus on Physics 'Talent'", by Donnell Walton and Carl Wieman

"We need to assume that most college students have the potential to be successful in physics."¹

Donnell Walton and Carl Wieman (2022)²

Elías García Martinez, Ecce Homo Sanctuary of Mercy Church, Borja, Spain; original (l) and restored (r) (c.1930/2012).

An attempted restoration of a Mary and Baby Jesus statue (mid 20th-century) Sainte-Anne-des-Pins Catholic Church, Sudbury, Ontario. Screen grab via YouTube courtesy of Coisas da Net.

1. Compare to “Nonlinear Psychometric Thresholds for Physics and Mathematics”, by Stephen D.H. Hsu and James Schombert, arXiv:1011.0663 (2010). Results presented there indicate that only ~25% of the SAT-M test takers have a greater than zero chance to graduate with a BS in Physics or in Mathematics, from the University of Oregon.

2. APS News, July/August 2022, Volume 31, number 7.