An inability to adjust to circumstances outside of the norm, yes. To hold fast to the rule, but still allow for exceptions and be unperturbed by them.
In the other thread, we were ruminating upon the limits of intelligence, and this is the sort of thing where MOAR SMARTER doesn't equate to better outcomes because intelligence doesn't automatically lead to an ease in suspending disbelief. Only creativity or divergent thinking can do that.
That, essentially is what that IQ/midwit meme is about, but what is being reflected is not IQ. It just correlates with it.
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That's probably what #1 is hinting at. Someone who has repeatedly used their creativity to gain some asymmetric advantage, will be more aware of the possibility for one person to make a profound impact.