A friend of mine once said to her HS students about something similar: "just because I have a French dictionary doesn't mean I know how to speak French".

I'm pretty sure you read this but it has to be posted here (it is amazing to read now, 35 years after the first time I did) gwern.net/doc/ai/poetr...

A well-turned sentence is an inspiring beginning to the working day.

Miles Reid on Andrew Wiles solving Fermat's Last Theorem: "it goes without saying that an individual with a total of only 14 publications to his credit who spends 7 years sulking in his attic would be a strong candidate for early retirement at an aggressive British research department."

(We are awaiting recognition as an official advocacy chapter)

This is the last talk of the 2024-2025 academic year; the seminars will restart in the fall. Most opf the past talks are recorded and available at engage.aps.org/gpc/resource... and are a wonderful resource for digging into the physics of climate.