Who are your favourite living thinkers / intellectuals?

The answers so far make me feel a bit dumb as I haven't heard of any of them.

The only brainy person I can think of who I admire is Garry Kasparov - I enjoy chess but I'm not very good at it, and the Grand Masters amaze me.

I've never understood chess, do you think it's one of those things where you either get it or you really don't?

TheCatWoman said:

I've never understood chess

It is just a shortish list of rules about how pieces can move on the chessboard and you are competing against someone else to take their king.

Rules are something most autists can get and enjoy as they are not prone to interpritation and with practice it can be quite stimulating to work out a strategy to beat your opponent.

You have mentioned before that you don't like competing so do you think this could be making you avoid learning it? Not that you need to, but I'm just curious as to the driving force behind this.

I agree Almond, I think it's one of the reasons I dislike working in groups, there's always somebody who wants to be in charge and sets a narrative and will broke no argument.

I agree Almond, I think it's one of the reasons I dislike working in groups, there's always somebody who wants to be in charge and sets a narrative and will broke no argument.