>>16960205
As opposed to what? Earning pieces of green paper? Nothing a human can do actually matters outside of what we arbitrarily decide to care about

>>16960210
solving the thousands of unsolved questions for the sake of it, my low IQ friend.

>>16960213
Every new chess position past oppening is an unsolved question to solve
Feel free to add dozens more of your favorite arbitrary qualifiers

>>16960214
kek, yes the ultimate finishing positions of those pieces of wood is whats important here.
shoot for the stars bro

>>16960205
>massive intellect
They're just good at chess.

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If we use the people with brain function IQ then the wheelchair people would have to be offset.

>>16960205
they didn't choose it nor do they have massive intellect, they are just the two best from a tiny contingent that were groomed to play this game since age 2 or something

>>16960205
>>massive intellect
implying

>>16960205
you can't define intellect you can't test it in the way you define it
The thing you can define and test is the ability to predict outcomes, speed, accuracy etc... Which depends on the activity.
Someone who is good at physics or math does not mean they are good at studying philosophy or politics let alone talk to women

>>16960216
>shoot for the stars bro
They did, Magnus will be remembered far longer than stupid science bitch #432473 working for [company that grifts for government funding] #8272.

The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.

>>16960205
Science is not about intellect but curiosity, discovery, and honesty. Chess is just another stupid sport.
>inb4 schizos start seething about le vaxxine, le trannie

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>>16960213
Why should he? He's had a great life being a chess player. There's also no guarantee he would succeed in academia as he did in chess. In fact, he probably wouldn't, because not many people really succeed in academia these days, even the smart ones. There is also no guarantee he would have the same passion and drive in academia. It's a totally different thing to chess, which is a head-to-head highly competitive 1v1 game. Academia is competitive but in a much more gay/soulless/bureaucratic way. His life appears to me to be far better and more fulfilling than nearly all academics.

that is the exact freedom massive intellect gives you, the ability to choose what you want to be an expert in and get paid for it, but a midwit like you wouldn't understand

>>16960205
>massive intellect
what makes you think that?

>>16960507
Can you move the white and black pieces on the board so quickly?

The smartest, strongest problem solvers I've ever known have all been incredibly dogshit at chess. Better than the average player for sure, but gets smoked by anyone with an elo over 1300. Chess has nothing to do with critical thinking.

t. Physics professor with friends in math, neuroscience, biology, computer science, engineering and more

>>16960512
this is such a stupid analogy, its like saying the smartest math nerd can't do biology, therefore they are not smart, that argument doesn't follow because math and biology have few overlaps compared to math and physics or math and computer science, it doesn't have anything to do with intelligence especially because the time spent solving math problems is time not spent memorizing thousands of chess positions

>>16960514
I'm not analogizing anything, retard. I'm stating facts.

>>16960516
of course you are, 4th rate professor

>>16960516
>>16960512
midwit alert.

chess fans are like people that boast about their IQ, except they're even too stupid to get good IQ test results and thus resort to this garbage memorization game

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>>16960205
>massive intellect

>>16960205
>pursue a PhD slaving 5 years on minimum wage with little chance of a job down the line and then even if you do get a job you have to participate in the academic rat race begging for grants until a humble retirement
>intelligent
Pick one. Scientists are idiots.

>>16960205
chess in only fun in person with other people less intelligent than you.

>>16960544
>>16960561
Seething chess pajeets. Your shitty game has already been solved by computers.

>>16960579
most chess players make less money than phd students

>>16960205
Chess is a boring memory game that pays nothing competitively. Chess pros are hyperfixated autists that aren't smart enough for STEM.

>>16960213
Sure.
A postdoc contract in the UK earns you as much as a burger flipper. And you need 2 - 4 postdoc contracts, each lasting 2 or 3 years before you have any realistic hope of tenure. So that is 5 - 10 years of poverty before you earn a smidgeon more.

t.Former postdoc

>>16960514
The problem is that chess doesn't generalize.
Being good at chess means you are just good at chess and nothing else.

>>16960216
"What's important" is subjective. You are just a narcissist that needs people to value what you value.

>>16960853
you didn't understand the part about subject overlap did you?

>>16960210
>>16960205
He actually has made a lot of money out of it

>>16960985
mathematicians are also retards, because math doesn't generalize to other cognitive tasks

>>16960205
The game would be better if you could elect to not move any piece on your turn, and there be no time limit between moves.

>>16960205
>chooses

More like gynocratic matriarchal society deliberately shuts them out

Chess is all they're allowed to do in this matriarchy

>>16960205
chess has nothing to do with intellect, it's just pattern memorization. ask a skilled chess player to play without a board and he'd fail miserably

>>16963022
>matriarchal
Funny because chess is feminist (queens are the strongest pieces) and queer (pawns can turn into queens)

>>16963032
brainlet. Are lions matriarchal too just because the females do the work?

>>16963047
So society isn't actually matriarchal like you said because women work? Oops! :)

>>16963029
now ask a math cuck to do maffs in his head without any form of writing :)

He's havin' fun.
He genuinely enjoys the game and watches games for fun all the time.

chess is for midwits who like memorizing thousands of permutations to get an edge like a trained monkey. actual strategic intellectuals play go. fischer random is a good game too, but no one plays it.

>>16960205
>war is the mother of invention
>GM daniel dubov does gymnastics
>anyone good with war would kick your ass you stupid fucking inbred sperg get outbred, our ways are higher than yours, lets not forget kolmogrov and botvinnik soviet scientists who developed information theory contributing to modern chess.

>>16960205
> Beeing boring personal
> Traveling around the world anyhow.
> Sitting in a chair, plane or boat to study.
> Having sponsors, media attention etc
> Earning money on somthing you do anyhow
Sounds not bad

>>16963072
You've never interacted with a successful mathematician, and it shows.
>Durr the average maffy cannot do it mentally
Neither can the average chess player do chess games in his head.

>>16960512
THIS!