Roland S. Persson (2012a) has made a significant contribution to the literature in pointing out the potential for cultural bias in the body of research related to gifted and talented. He encourages a distinction between emic research, where the results are limited to a particular culture and etic research, where the results can be generalised to all cultures. He believes that many researchers automatically assume that their results are etic in nature when, in fact, practically all research is emic in nature. In this commentary, the author points out that it is the responsibility of the researchers to be aware of the cultural limitations of their studies. He also raises the issue of political influence and the potentially negative influence on the research that is done to be a legitimate concern. He doubts that all research should be aligned with economic interests or industry.