hilux

Well, if you won't do that, then (instead of arguing) you could learn from someone who made the effort: me.

> being entertaining

Were you entertained when he publicly dissed his pregnant wife for her play in the recent US Championships?

I get it that lots of chess nerds enjoy this kind of thing, but that doesn't make it intelligent.

Or if you like tests ... he himself has mentioned not scoring well on an IQ test.

Maybe you should volunteer on the suicide hotline, as I did.

What makes this guy's blog post a more authoritative reference than 1000 other sites, as well as everyone's personal experience of feeling naturally "good" at some tasks and "bad" at others?

If you've watched a lot of streams or interviews with Hikaru, he gives little indication of being a big brain. Or even an average brain.

I loathe Kramnik and I am saddened and shaken by Danya's death. (We both played at the Mechanics Institute Chess Club.)

Having said all that, the prevailing wisdom in the suicide-prevention field is that we are each responsible for our own decisions. I.e. Kramnik, long may he suffer, is not "responsible."

Anyone who is "anti-Christian" is suddenly a domestic terrorist???!

Wait for his next term - reading anything other than the Bible will be criminalized.

Meanwhile the "progressives" around me probably still think there's no difference between the two parties.

This thread is full of wonderful books! I had a lightning-bolt insight (one of few in my life) when listening that audiobook - the section about the shut-in.

The followup book is worth reading as well.

Different but related: Not Nice, by Aziz Gazipura.

Very well said.