Genius can be made. Susan Polgar is the perfect example of this. Since a very early age her father taught her to play chess. He made this as an experiment to prove children could become experts in certain area if trained properly. Susan became one of the best chess players in the world beating many prestigious chess players, when chess was thought to be dominated by men. Something very interesting they mentioned in the video was how practice helps you develop instinct which is how we are able to quickly respond almost without thinking based on past experiences. This is how Susan can play so well. In the video they also talked about memory and featured a waiter called Vicente Santino who can remember different orders without writing them down. He uses chinking which many of use to memorize things like a phone number for example. I think that Susan Polgar shows that if your dedicated and determined you can become a genius in any field.
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