Talk:Peak Human Intelligence/@comment-9597460-20130615005924/@comment-5265497-20130711015846

"he was speculated to be mildly retarded with an IQ between 50-70, and he became the world chess champion."

His IQ has commonly been cited at 180-187 which is the extraordinarily genius range, and he hasn't ever been projected to be an autistic savant except by the press at a point in time. His only mental disorder was allegedly aspergers at best attained from his mannerisms but otherwise he was completely normal. Fischer has been the poster child asone of the most extraordinary geniuses of all time, and he like many other child prodigies barely made an effort in school due to his accelerated pace and the educational system he was foisted into not challenging him and devoting most of his time and mind to the game of chess even going so far as to state, "You don't learn anything in school. It's just a waste of time." That was the sole reason he dropped out of high school at the tender age of 16 was to pursue his chess career.