Personally, I think Bobby wudda given all these detractors the finger - oh ! hold on ! yes he did ! 
What would Fischer of Done if Not Chess
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All jokin' aside, Lisa, I once spent a night ( or most of it ) in the South Pasadena police station - I was stuck in this cell ( I was only 23 an' hailed from a different country ) with about 25 other guys an' I was the sole caucasian ! - pretended to go to sleep in corner - never slept a wink !!!
ran a red light - the system was different to what I was used to - had never seen a flashing red light before - slowed right down to a crawl, but ddn come to a halt - who knows? - anyway, yeah 2a.m. - passed the field test, but the over-enthusiastic jerk cop dragged me back to the station to breathalyse me - I blew bang on the limit at the time (1983) but he stuck me in the holdin' cell anyways an' went off to give me a parkin' ticket for where HE had parked the car !!!! - bloody delightful friggin' bonehead that one !!!
yeah, Lisa, a lotta school bullies seem to find their way into the world's police forces
smileative wrote:
yeah, Lisa, a lotta school bullies seem to find their way into the world's police forces
Not to mention the kids who were mercilessly bullied. They're tough now.
mufasah123 wrote:
Superhero who singlehandedly defeats the soviet union.
Supervillian who singlehandedly steals all the nuclear weapons thus ending the cold war. Yet...what would he have done with the weapons? Would he have used them? Perhaps he would have destroyed them by shooting them to the sun.
LisaV wrote:
...and carrying an anvil of a chip on their shoulders. that said, i've received a tremendous amount of help from the friendly majority (i hope) when in need.
lol i got out of a speeding ticket in japan by claiming i thought the speed limit was in miles instead of kilometers.
I couldn't even order a meal in Japan let alone talk my way out of a speeding ticket.
There is no doubt in my mind that if Bobby Fischer had not found chess then he would have been a mathematician and/or a computer programmer; he would most likely be the latter. I find coding is as stimulating as chess and the problem solving characteristics very similar.
Given his logical abilities and eccentricities, I think he only could have been a mathematician. Probably a number theorist. Paul Erdos was as eccentric as Fischer, but nicer.
A better question is :
WHO WOULD THE HATERS ATTACK IF NOT FOR FISCHER ?!
Tiger Woods?