My Brilliant Brain [video]

Quote:

  Susan is the living proof of an amazing theory,
  that any ordinary child can be turned into a
  genius.

I have no problem with the idea that she's an amazing chess player, but one example is not "proof". It's evidence that adds to a growing body of evidence. It's fascinating. It's intriguing. It's raises the possibility of amazing advances.

But it's not "proof".

Oh how I hate the hyperbole of journalism. It seems that everything has to be biggest, fastest, strongest, "best", epic. I wish we could be given the facts and the story. That's interesting enough.

I submitted the link because Polgar's father basically hacked his daughter's brain. I thought it would be appropriate for discussion here.

I'll take checkers any day.