Aha. That's because they all play go!
Right?
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Can confirm, my brothers are both very good at chess. One is smart, the other is dumb as rocks
I consider myself reasonably intelligent but I also have ADHD so … I completely suck at chess.
Yeah... everytime I see it in movies I kinda cringe. However it still is an effective narrative tool to say that the person is a stategist or is in a higher tax bracket ( or honestly any quality that the common viewer doesn't have). Even so, I wish writers would stop doing this.
True, but 10% is probably higher average than usual.
Being skilled at a game has little bearing on your intelligence beyond maybe "above average". Intelligence is often best reflected in learning speed.
I'm dumb as rocks at night but I won 3rd in a competition once. My brain does that thing the DVD logo does on your TV when you're not watching anything but I can get a bunch of bullshit into the middle of the board really fast.
This got me wondering about lionising Go in films. I think I need to start a such a movement amongst directors or screen writers.
I'm hilariously bad at chess. I learned the fools gambit and never progressed.
I don't have the patience to learn how to play chess well. I don't think more than one move ahead. My favourite game is Catan.