But I think Charlie is actually really intelligent. He’s just an uneducated alcoholic, which wouldn’t even be an unlikely outcome considering his upbringing.
Even huffing glue, it gets written off as “novelty seeking” a lot as the excuse high IQ people seek out drugs. But really it’s because average people and especially school feels incredibly slow. You can’t speed everyone else up, but slowing yourself down still reduces that gap between you and everyone else.
It only takes an IQ difference of 30 points to cause significant difficulty communicating. So even if an experimenting kid doesn’t understand why everyone else is more tolerable when they’re fucked up, they still notice the result.
That early dependency translates often to lifetime addiction, and they’re still able to remain relatively functional so there’s rarely a real “rock bottom” to make them snap out of it.
Which is Charlie. No matter what happens, he always gets himself out of it. But he doesn’t excel, because once basic needs are met he gets fucked up. The few times he maintains focus on something, he does excel. He’d just rather go huff paint in the office.
I mean, he’s literally a musical savant…
Which is one of the main 5 types of savant.
But I think Charlie is actually really intelligent. He’s just an uneducated alcoholic, which wouldn’t even be an unlikely outcome considering his upbringing.
Even huffing glue, it gets written off as “novelty seeking” a lot as the excuse high IQ people seek out drugs. But really it’s because average people and especially school feels incredibly slow. You can’t speed everyone else up, but slowing yourself down still reduces that gap between you and everyone else.
It only takes an IQ difference of 30 points to cause significant difficulty communicating. So even if an experimenting kid doesn’t understand why everyone else is more tolerable when they’re fucked up, they still notice the result.
That early dependency translates often to lifetime addiction, and they’re still able to remain relatively functional so there’s rarely a real “rock bottom” to make them snap out of it.
Which is Charlie. No matter what happens, he always gets himself out of it. But he doesn’t excel, because once basic needs are met he gets fucked up. The few times he maintains focus on something, he does excel. He’d just rather go huff paint in the office.
Well… fillabuster.
I still have a motion pending…
Horseshit through and through but it might convince a Charlie
Also flowers for Charlie