02-20-2016, 03:21 AM | #31 |
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02-20-2016, 03:27 AM | #32 | |
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02-20-2016, 03:45 AM | #33 | |
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So, unless we consider that every individual has a different "level" of instinct ... Hey! That would mean that those with stronger will are just individuals with more hardwired instinctive drive ... Which could be true, after all - even for humans! It make me thing about something very funny with ethology. When an animal do something, we immediately say that it is instinct. But when a man do the same thing, we say that it is intelligence or will. George Bernard Shaw summarized that perfectly well: "When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity." Last edited by Gollum; 02-20-2016 at 04:39 AM. |
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02-20-2016, 04:44 AM | #34 |
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Re: Alternative IQ distribution
When a tiger buys a steamer ticket, hires a porter, and stalks a gentleman in his pajamas, I'll entertain the notion.
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02-20-2016, 10:29 AM | #35 |
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Is buying a steamer ticket, hiring a porter, and stalking a gentleman in his pajamas a proof of intelligence?
And is a gentleman with his gun able to track and kill a tiger without the help of a dozen of other men plus several elephants to protect himself? So which one is really more intelligent and able of adaptation in a hunting situation? Last edited by Gollum; 02-20-2016 at 10:43 AM. |
02-20-2016, 11:02 AM | #36 | |
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02-20-2016, 11:15 AM | #37 |
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Re: Alternative IQ distribution
I think giving animals low IQ but higher Per is the best way to go, a lot of the relevant skills are Per based rather than IQ anyway (and the ones that aren't I'd allow animals to base off Per).
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02-20-2016, 11:49 AM | #38 |
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Re: Alternative IQ distribution
You may be right ... Exactly as a cat playing with a mouse ... It looks more like a sport and game than like a true hunt.
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02-20-2016, 12:07 PM | #39 | |
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I've always thought that DX also includes some kind of intelligence, especially bodily-kinesthetic one. If you take the driving skill, for instance, most of the time, your roll is based on DX. But driving is not just a matter of pure reflexes or hand-eye coordination. It also implies a true understanding of the situation, an anticipation of what will happen, the choice of the right decision at the right time, the using of your knowledge and previous experiences, etc. Brief, it requires a lot of perception and intelligence. Ditto for combat skills. And ditto for sports (especially team sports which also require a good strategy) ... So, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence can perfectly be considered as included in the DX and Per stat in GURPS terms. Survival, Tracking, Acrobatics, Climbing, Combat skills are all Per or DX based skills. That' a very good point. |
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02-20-2016, 01:52 PM | #40 |
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Re: Alternative IQ distribution
And if he's anything like the cats I've grown up with, he is probably much more manipulative than you are.
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