Sunday, February 27, 2011

Genius - #2

Another type of Genius seen in class is shown in the case of a chess player named Sara. She is one of the best chess players on Earth, and is able to do many things with this game like:
1. Play and win her opponents even through the phone.
2. Anticipate the player's move and respond quickly relying only on intuition.
3. Remember the arrangement of pieces on a board by seeing chunks.
4. Recognize different grouping of pieces just as people recognize faces.
This woman is a prodigy. She is able to do all this because ever since she was a little girl in Budapest, her father showed her all there is to know about this game and forced her to study techniques and plays up to 6 hours a day. Her sisters, who are also excellent chess players, and her children did the same. What is interesting about the study on her, is that it revealed many things. On average, a female is able to succeed in more cases than a male because they think more logically. And secondly, a skill can be mastered and supported by constant practice and learning; in other words, a genius can be made if a lot of effort is put into it. This woman is amazing! At first, it seemed that this could only be a tale and that her abilities were impossible. But after watching the video in psychology, it explained how this could be accomplished. Sara is gifted, and anyone has the chance of becoming great.

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