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Date: 03 Apr 2005 02:12:17
From: JAMES WEIR
Subject: Grandmasters vs serial killers
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A study was done on Inmates that played Chess.It seems that the inmates that
were murders played better and stronger chess than those that were highly
educated, that had a structured life.A test was given to grandmasters and
all the inmates that played chess in ion County Prison in Illinois.The
only ones that could answer the test corectly were grandmasters and serial
killers.Here is the test..........A young single lady fell in love with a
rich handsome man at her mothers funeral.Later that day she went home and
killed her baby sister. Why? (If you know the answer Post it here) Are
Grandmasters secretly phycotic?
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Date: 03 Apr 2005 09:21:25
From: Bob J
Subject: Re: Grandmasters vs serial killers
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 02:12:17 GMT, "JAMES WEIR"
<[email protected] > wrote:
>A study was done on Inmates...
...or not. See:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/sister.htm
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Date: 06 Apr 2005 15:05:46
From: Spencer R. Lower
Subject: Re: Grandmasters vs serial killers
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> ...or not. See:
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> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/sister.htm
Thanks for providing that link. It probably is a hoax, but my only doubt is
because their reasoning is flawed. It is probably true that psychopaths
will give varying answers, but this does not disprove that only psychopaths
and GMs can answer correctly.
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Date: 03 Apr 2005 09:57:38
From: Phil Deane
Subject: Re: Grandmasters vs serial killers
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JAMES WEIR wrote:
> A study was done on Inmates that played Chess.It seems that the inmates
> that were murders played better and stronger chess than those that were
> highly educated, that had a structured life.A test was given to
> grandmasters and all the inmates that played chess in ion County Prison
> in Illinois.The only ones that could answer the test corectly were
> grandmasters and serial killers.Here is the test..........A young single
> lady fell in love with a rich handsome man at her mothers funeral.Later
> that day she went home and
> killed her baby sister. Why? (If you know the answer Post it here)
> Are Grandmasters secretly phycotic?
They do say there is a fine line between genius and insanity.
--
Phil Deane
http://www.MiracleExpress.force9.co.uk
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Date: 03 Apr 2005 06:04:38
From: Morphy's ghost
Subject: Re: Grandmasters vs serial killers
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In the year of our Lord Sun, 03 Apr 2005 02:12:17 GMT, "JAMES WEIR"
<[email protected] > wrote:
>A study was done on Inmates that played Chess.It seems that the inmates that
>were murders played better and stronger chess than those that were highly
>educated, that had a structured life.A test was given to grandmasters and
>all the inmates that played chess in ion County Prison in Illinois.The
>only ones that could answer the test corectly were grandmasters and serial
>killers.Here is the test..........A young single lady fell in love with a
>rich handsome man at her mothers funeral.Later that day she went home and
>killed her baby sister. Why? (If you know the answer Post it here) Are
>Grandmasters secretly phycotic?
I would like to see a citation or two before I regarded this as
anything more than an urban legend.
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>
The fox condemns the trap, not himself. -- William Blake
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Date: 02 Apr 2005 18:43:01
From: R.P. Warren
Subject: Re: Grandmasters vs serial killers
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JAMES WEIR wrote:
> Are Grandmasters secretly phycotic?
My dictionary has no such word as 'phycotic'. The closest I can find is
phycology, which is the study of algae. The term derives from the Greek
'phukos', meaning seaweed. If an interest in that subject is common
among chess GMs, it must indeed be a well-kept secret.
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