Part 1: Verbal Harder Than Math?

A month ago, Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, who was also the first female Field’s Metal winner, died. From her obituary, this passage stood out:

Maryam Mirzakhani was born on May 3, 1977, in Tehran. As a child, she read voraciously and wanted to become a writer. Iran was at war with Iraq at the time, but the war ended as she entered middle school.

So she transitioned from being reading and writing prodigy, to a few years later, an Olympiad-winning math prodigy. Obviously, her IQ was immeasurably high, but it also shows how people with high verbal IQ can easily make the transition to advanced math, whereas the reverse transition is harder. Thus verbal ability is possibly a better predictor of exceptional math ability, than
Mahatma Gandhi is set to become the first non-white person on British currency - seesawtron
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8586361/Mahatma-Gandhi-set-non-white-person-British-currency.html
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Gandhi is a first example of proving that non-violence is one of the most
effective tool for transformation as a society. He wanted equal treatment for
Indian people at par with any British citizen. But Britain wasn’t ready to
grant full dominion status, then series of incidents moved him to ask for full
freedom. In his early years in Africa when he was going through
transformation, there were some incidents which reflected some prejudice
against native Africans, but subsequently he became a changed man, his
greatness lies in constantly reinventing himself as he learns more about life.

Gandhi will be crying in his grave of what India has been turned into, in just
6 years. An intolerant, divided society with complete disdain for