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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 6850294" data-attributes="member: 16814"><p>What if I said that it was objectively wrong to play a 5 INT as bookcase? Or galaxy? Or rotundly? </p><p></p><p>But here's my real argument. Sherlock Holmes is a genius, almost by definition. A 5 INT is not a genius. It's below average, by definition. Therefore, since a 5 INT cannot be a genius, and since Sherlock Holmes is a genius, it is objectively wrong to play a 5 INT as Sherlock Holmes.</p><p></p><p>What you and pemerton are getting at with the art comparisions, and largely agree, but those are in an entirely subjective world, where it is impossible to predict what is appealing to any given person. However, we're not in an entirely subjective world. Sherlock Holmes has been, at least for the sake of this argument, defined as a genius. A 5 INT, while lacking in specific definition, is clearly below average. Those two non-subjective facts mean that an objective determination can be made, at least in part. I can objectively say that within those premises, Sherlock Holmes, who is above average in intelligence, cannot have a 5 INT, which is below average.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 6850294, member: 16814"] What if I said that it was objectively wrong to play a 5 INT as bookcase? Or galaxy? Or rotundly? But here's my real argument. Sherlock Holmes is a genius, almost by definition. A 5 INT is not a genius. It's below average, by definition. Therefore, since a 5 INT cannot be a genius, and since Sherlock Holmes is a genius, it is objectively wrong to play a 5 INT as Sherlock Holmes. What you and pemerton are getting at with the art comparisions, and largely agree, but those are in an entirely subjective world, where it is impossible to predict what is appealing to any given person. However, we're not in an entirely subjective world. Sherlock Holmes has been, at least for the sake of this argument, defined as a genius. A 5 INT, while lacking in specific definition, is clearly below average. Those two non-subjective facts mean that an objective determination can be made, at least in part. I can objectively say that within those premises, Sherlock Holmes, who is above average in intelligence, cannot have a 5 INT, which is below average. [/QUOTE]
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