help bot wrote:
"... But there
are those few who have a special talent for one thing,
and far from being all-around geniuses, these people
are often termed idiot-savants. I don't see any reason
an idiot-savant could not be "trained" to perform well
on a standard IQ test, provided he is not truly an
idiot...."
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Would't happen. Idiot savants are idiots with one highly specialized
mental gift. There has never been an idiot savant in chess.

Old Haasie (semi-retired idiot and former Mensa member)