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Russian Officials To Investigate Regional President's Alien Abduction Claims

Posted by samzenpus on from the mars-wants-to-play-chess dept.

wdef writes "The BBC reports that a Russian MP has asked President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate claims by a regional president that he has met aliens on board a spaceship. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of Kalymkia, made his claim in a television interview. Mr Ilyumzhinov said in an interview on primetime television that he had been taken on board an alien spaceship which had come to planet Earth to take samples — and claims to have several witnesses. He has been president of Kalmykia, a small Buddhist region of Russia which lies on the shores of the Caspian Sea, for 17 years. As president of the World Chess Federation, he has spent tens of millions of dollars turning the impoverished republic into a mecca for chess players — building an entire village to host international tournaments. MP Andre Lebedev is not just asking whether Mr Ilyumzhinov is fit to govern. He is also concerned that, if he was abducted, he may have revealed details about his job and state secrets."

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  1. Re:It's Always the Chess Players by Abcd1234 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Two is a significant sample if we're talking about the number of "high profile chess players" in the world.

    Really? Could you provide a statistical backing for that claim? Because I *strongly* suspect "two" isn't a significant enough sample to extract a trend in any moderately sized population.

  2. Re:I don't think it works that way, though by inKubus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, overuse of neurons can cause them to inflame and die. That's one of the major causes of Alzheimer's. So, perhaps chess players lack some of the regulating feedback systems that most normal people have. This enables their brains to work at a higher "clock speed" than most, but it also could cause the death of brain cells at a much faster rate. But you're right, for "most people", brain activity exercises the brain and keeps the synapse connections working and is good for your mental health.

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  3. Re:It's Always the Chess Players by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why do high profile chess players always have to go completely batshit crazy?

    I dunno.
    Why does the computer field have a disproportionate number of people who opt to lop their cock off?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Bunten_Berry
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Horton
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_turing



    All you trolls out there, feel free to research and extend this list...