My takeaway was more along the lines of "Don't worry so much about optimizing his learning path just yet. Love him and care for him and everything will work itself out.

We all want what's best for our children. Unfortunately, this frequently turns into crazy helicopter parenting and a hyperfocus on academics, sports, and activities.

I love my son and I want him to be the best he can be, but I'm more than willing to trade a few of his future IQ points to never ever let him wonder if he's loved for himself, or just his accomplishments.

Agreed. Obviously OP loves his kid, he's not asking: "How do I make my child a cyborg?"

Unconditional love is hardly a guideline anyways. Kids need rules, instruction, challenge, inspiration and just generally good examples to follow. That's the tough part. Loving your own child is an achievement akin to dressing yourself.

Why is it obvious? If it was so obvious, there wouldn't be so many parents failing in it (many perhaps unwillingly).

And yet, if those parents read that comment, they wouldn't have an overnight change of heart.

People fail at obvious all the time. Examples: Belief in god, Smoking, Voting conservative, Racism, Drinking and driving, Eating junk food, etc, etc

It's not the highest scoring one, by far. How is the algorithm determined?

Age and average comment karma.