I saw the movie and have no doubt the characters were smart and able to do math. That was real physics. They were also a part of a huge team that made the space program possible.
Thats not the same as a high schooler claiming she can prove something with circular logic that the greatest minds in history have failed to prove over centuries.
We’ve seen too many fakes and exaggerations in recent years to immediately accept the story at face value. That’s the true dividend of affirmative action..
The posts that inspired my pushback implied skepticism due to the current social mania that elevates fashionably intersectional but otherwise unqualified persons. So I’m keeping an open mind, not being adept at higher math myself.
Until it is reliably shown that the girls’ reasoning is invalid, I don’t wish to dismiss their claim simply because of their sex and race.