Slightly OT, but things related to the best chess players are often blown way out of proportion by the general public, who simply doesn't have the knowledge about how stuff really works. Most recent example is a piece on Carlsen in the Telegraph, which I am sure most of you've read since it has been posted everywhere chess related. In it, the journalist at one point states that (not a direct quote) "Carlsen can calculate 30-40 moves deep".
On the other hand, I was recently talking to some guy who plays chess at his leisure, but has never studied it or anything. He said something along the lines of: "I bet you can calculate like 3 moves ahead in every position, right?" as if it was the pinnacle of chess skill.
The general populace just doesn't have much clue and we have to accept it. Note, that it wasn't Carlsen himself who said anything about 10 000 games on air, the other guy did