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[DC] If Batman intentionally acted like he couldn't solve a riddle and allowed Riddler to believe he was smarter, would Nygma go away?

I know Batman has to save people, but some of his riddles are just simple riddles and I'm curious if it would be better for Batman to just humor him. I mean proving his superiority is basically Edward's reason to exist.
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Not really.

Riddler has a very explicit compulsion to prove that he's not just smarter than Batman, but pretty much everyone else in the world. Batman just happens to be the person perpetually in front of that line to Edward.

If he thought Batman was actually beneath him (which he actually perpetually does because of his ego, regardless of his constant failures) to the point of not being worthy of his attention anymore, he'd just look for someone else to compete against.

And unfortunately for everyone, Riddler's idea of matching wits involves engineering crimes which put other people, and not just his primary targets, in mortal danger.