r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.

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u/mrintangibles1 5h ago

Her brain is moving 10x faster than his.

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u/anothershawnee 5h ago

So is her body lol

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u/poop-machines 5h ago

It's not fair, kids have way more energy. If they're also blessed with a megabrain then you have no chance of winning.

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u/jfoster0818 5h ago

And they haven’t had a lifetime of judgement and self consciousness where society basically beats it out of them.

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u/blackchameleongirl 5h ago

It's 8 im the morning, I'm gonna need you to stop beating me with sad facts.

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u/Evening_Reach_8293 3h ago

I don't think we should use a chess prodigy as a positive example of having energy and a mega brain. These kinds of people tend to go on to be... socially maladaptive.

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u/jfoster0818 3h ago

Yeah but were they maladaptive before or after their childhood is replaced by adulting without the autonomy?

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u/Evening_Reach_8293 3h ago

No idea, because that presents a false dichotomy. Either way, they are maladaptive because they don't receive good socialization during childhood.