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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8462992" data-attributes="member: 7032025">The problem is that "below average" can mean tons of things, but also the fact that with the minimum being 8, there is much less difference between average and minimum than between average and maximum. So if you expect a significant difference between 8 and 10, how can you expect an incredible difference between 10 and 18 or 20 ?It's the case for some people, but honestly, again after many discussions with my partner who is really specialised on that subject, it's only one aspect. For example, she is a brilliant person, but she has no memories for faces, voices or names. I am, all modesty aside, a really clever guy with an I.Q. well over 150, with an international manager job and a large salary, but I also feel like a real imposter now and then because I miss things, or completely fail to see some side of the problems, or because my social intelligence is actually fairly low and I feel awkward in common social situations. I also have little memory for people and names, which is a real problem in my job and every day life. And I can remember old contractual details or facts with perfect memory, but my ex-wife was way better than me at remembering all the family members, their birth dates, and family histories and anecdotes, etc. I'm also very imaginative and have a systemic brain that means that I have lots of ideas, but I also find it hard concentrating, and it's hard for me to come up with things under pressure. On the contrary, I have colleagues maybe not as brilliant with ideas, but who are I feel far better than me because they are hard workers, able to concentrate and push through problems to find solutions, when for me, the best way to solve something is to not consciously think about it.We are all extremely different, some people are faster and other slower in some areas, some people will find imaginative solutions and others will completely fail to find any way forward, some people can think laterally others cannot, etc. Some people are limited in some areas but not at all in others, some people can push through and others will never find specific things, etc.This is why, again, for all these things, rather than playing dumb all the time for being "below average", I think it's way better to find a few quirks and to stick with them in terms of roleplay. It also avoids stereotyping "dumb" people, which is always dangerous.I do the same, I was mostly pointing out that, as above, it's more about quirks and local traits than about consistently playing someone of low or high intelligence, the former because it's boring and dangerous, and the latter because it's just impossible without aid that can only be punctual...</blockquote>

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