Empirically, on average they do better. There are brilliant losers. But brilliant people, on average, are wealthier and have higher status than less-brilliant p

Empirically, on average they do better. There are brilliant losers. But brilliant people, on average, are wealthier and have higher status than less-brilliant people. Also, I suspect conscientiousness (another big factor in success) has a significant heritable component. >If you want to improve population intelligence, it may be better to invest in better nutrition, health care, and education. We've already plucked this fruit. Genetic engineering of embryos to IQs higher than any living human looks possible without side effects, as alleles that effect intelligence aren't likely to be additive: http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.3421 http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.3421