[insert character] was stupid syndrome in ASoIaF
This is a genuine question, not an in-disguise rant.
Every day we see character analysis and readings about how dumb this character is and how intelligent this character is.
I think many people read books with their rational hat on and so view the characters through an hyper rational lens, and they classify and rank characters as machines, with some of the machines being better and some being worse.
For example, how many Tywin posts about how intelligent he was or how he was not that intelligent, seeing all his decisions based on the outcomes. Instead of looking to a beautifully crafted character that has been crafted to have strengths and flaws that guide his decisions. Many of them not based on rationality (although it might seem) but on weaknesses and flaws.
But that is not all, many people not only do not take that into account but also see the world with no morals or values. He should have done X because it would be the best. That does not happen in real life, at all! For example, Ned wasn't stupid when he warned Cersei to run. I believe he knew he was risking it, but he preferred to risk it and lose it than to have her kids being killed.
Do you agree? Do you think many people fail to humanise these characters and in doing so lose a lot of what this beautiful story is saying?