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How the Greatest-Ever Chess Prodigy Got So Good
Here’s an interesting article about Magnus Carlsen, a chess prodigy who is the youngest player ever to take the number one ranking.
Like online poker pros who can play the equivalent of a lifetime of ‘live’ games online in a few short years, Magnus honed his skills at a young age playing computer chess. The result? “A prodigy who’s amassed an unprecedented amount of deliberate practice at an early age, as he’s able to play multiple games on the same machine at the same time.”
There’s been some discussion that computers are changing the way we think in an evolutionary sense, and that they are, in fact, rewiring our minds. While that remains to be seen, the rate at which people learn seems to be getting a real boost from computers that are (almost?) as smart as we are.

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Joe Rollino once lifted 475 pounds. He used neither his arms nor his legs but, reportedly, his teeth. With just one finger he raised up 635 pounds; with his back he moved 3,200. He bit down on quarters to bend them with his thumb.
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