But this obsessive biographical speculation has managed to obscure Hemingway's considerable literary achievement, especially in the years before he bought Pilar.
They gather all the data they can, not just performance statistics and biographical details but also the results of their own laboratory experiments with high achievers.
What they did, the researchers, was looking at the biographical sketches now they had no idea who these women were, so it was a completely blind study - double blind.
They were around the age of 22, just about to embark on their mission were tested on numerous accounts. One of the things they did was write biographical sketches of themselves.