How Feelings Make Us Smarter

Aug 10, 2026 · 48 min

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0:00This is Hidden Brain.

0:01I'm Shankar Vedanta.

0:03In October 1967, the world's greatest chess minds gathered in Saus, Tunisia to face off at the interzonal tournament, the high-stakes gateway to the World Chess Championship.

0:16The early games were dominated by the American prodigy, Bobby Fisher.

0:21He was a 24-year-old grandmaster with an IQ rumored to be at the genius level of 180.

0:27He was the favorite to win it all.

0:33But despite his overwhelming lead, the tournament quickly spiraled into a masterclass in self-sabotage.

0:43Bobby Fisher issued a series of escalating demands regarding his playing schedule.

0:48When organizers refused to rearrange the event to suit him, he walked out, withdrawing from the tournament while in first place and throwing away years of work in a single fit of frustration.

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