Comments by "Supernova" (@MrSupernova111) on "Veritasium" channel.

  1. Yeah, people perform better in familiar environments. Shocking!
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  2. Dumbest thing I've read so far. You clearly don't understand how viruses spread. Its a mathematical problem - not a problem of gut feelings. Anyone with high school level math could have predicted Covid was going to get out of control. If you know the mortality rate then you can estimate how many people will die when you add other variables like population density. The problem is that people are too irresponsible to do anything they deem as a restriction to their freedoms and would rather get someone else killed rather than to wear a mask or stay home.
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  3. In chess its defined by ratings. In the USA (USCF) expert has a rating between 2000 and 2199. 2200+ is a national master).
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  4. In most fields, people self appoint themselves as experts.
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  5. Sounds like your school sucks. Instead of arguing with your professors go to the dean.
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  6. If photographic memory existed then the GMs would have easily recalled the random boards in the experiment. But they didn't do any better than the beginners.
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  7.  @edsimnett  . Photographic implies perfect recall. Either it exists or it doesn't. That's like saying some people can escape gravity but not exactly. Its true or its not.
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  8.  @edsimnett  . Let me be clear. Photographic memory is a myth. This video did a perfect job proving that photographic memory is a myth. I'm an expert level chess player. You can't memorize your way through chess even if you "memorize" thousands of positions. But believe what you want.
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  9. A lot of bad information in these comments. People, use the internet for more than posting bad information.
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  10. What a stupid and pointless video. I'm an expert level chess nerd (training for national master) and hold a 4 year college degree in finance. This guy managed to make a 17 minute video with flawed analogies and zero value. It seems the old adage "those who can't do, teach" holds true. Instead of wasting time psychoanalyzing others people should spend more time learning new skills. Obviously, people perform better in familiar environments (chess or finance) - nothing new. Also, there are funds in existence that blow away Mr. Buffett's own performance (Renaissance comes to mind). Warren lucked out by betting against hedge funds in a period of accommodating fiscal and monetary policy. We'll see if Buffett's bet holds up in a period without the Fed pumping money into the economy to no end.
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