I'm feeling dumber. Let's try for scientific clarity.

I realize that a fan list could contain wrong information (like the erroneously perceived causes of the random potion blow-ups). Therefore, I publicly asked here whether the "+skill" postings were erroneous, as I believed I had discovered.

So: By "exactly what it says it does" do you mean, Heather, that the villager only feels smarter, but isn't really? In which case the "+skill" in the posted list is wrong?

Or that s/he now will learn faster, as suggested by the "hidden aspects" thread? So the "+skill" in the posted list is only indirectly applicable?

And similarly for the clarity potion.