Well, this *is* modelled in HQ - you only get better in things you spend your HP on - which is only a subset of everything. This sort of ties in to Jane's points about losing abilities if you don't use them too, although in some cases, maybe there are other, or additional considerations...
>This explains
> why the England football team is not made up of sixty year olds,
They may still have a high "Play Football" skill, but they are hampered by the flaws of "Old", "Artheritic", "Easily Winded", "Out of touch with the modern game", "Short Sighted", "Going Deaf", and their change in status from young athletes to elder statesmen has lost them their affinites of "Youthful Exuberence (take risks, play hard, run all game)" and "Young & Fit (recover quickly, ignore minor injury, play through pain barrier)"
> why Paul McCartney wrote better songs when he was in the beatles
> than last week.
>
He's no longer been augmented by John Lennon?
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