Battle of the Brains

Speaking of quantum theorist Seth Lloyd, here (50 min video) is a funny BBC program called Battle of the Brains in which he outperforms six other brainiacs on a variety of tests :-) When I asked him about it, he downplayed his success, noting that the kinds of puzzles he was asked to solve are similar to what theoretical physicists do every day.

BBC: Horizon takes seven people who are some of the highest flyers in their field - a musical prodigy, a quantum physicist, an artist, a dramatist, an RAF fighter pilot, a chess grandmaster and a Wall Street trader. Each is put through a series of tests to discover who is the most intelligent.

Seth's talk the other evening on Quantum Biology was fantastic, but he used the blackboard so there won't be any slides posted online.