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>This is, of course, assuming that we can freely increase intelligence with no repercussions -- are these high IQ individuals at risk of [schizophrenia](http://
by ZhuanXia 7y ago
>This is, of course, assuming that we can freely increase intelligence with no repercussions -- are these high IQ individuals at risk of [schizophrenia](http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/000607.html http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/000607.html), or other mental disease?
The whole "IQ is a curse" thing is mostly cherry picking. IQ basicly improves everything about a person: https://www.gwern.net/iq https://www.gwern.net/iq
It is not associated with any illnesses, save for poor eyesight.
- Analemma_ 7y agoYou're responding to an argument the parent didn't make. They weren't saying IQ is bad, they're saying it's not sufficient to rule. Charisma, sociopathy, parents' socioeconomic status, and physical attractiveness all seem to correlate with political power much more strongly than IQ does.
- DuskStar 7y agoAnd yet, all of those also correlate with IQ. (Well, I'm not sure about sociopathy)
- earenndil 7y agoHaving a high IQ increases your parents' socioeconomic status and makes you more attractive?
- devoply 7y agoTons of ugly nerds cry out in agony.
- DuskStar 7y agoOther way around, really. IQ is partially heritable and your socioeconomic status is correlated with IQ, so your kids IQ will be correlated to your socioeconomic status. As for attractiveness... A lot of that correlation is caused by the lower end of the scale (genetic diseases are generally regarded as unattractive while also lowering IQ, correlations with poor nutrition, etc). But behavior is also a component of attractiveness, and (all else equal) IQ helps there.
- Analemma_ 7y agoSure, but my point is that those factors would not increase if we started selecting for IQ-related alleles, and so "ability to rule" probably wouldn't move much either.