My point is that a high IQ doesn't give you extraordinary powers of clarity regarding choices and consequences in life, whether these choices are for yourself

My point is that a high IQ doesn't give you extraordinary powers of clarity regarding choices and consequences in life, whether these choices are for yourself or others. A good case study is Bobby Fischer, one of the best Chess Grandmasters of all time, generally considered a genius and certainly a very high IQ. He was involved with the sect "the church of God", came out with some extremely unfortunate hate comments about Jews that backfired on him, and died in Iceland as a refugee from the US tax system. I think you're putting IQ on a piedestal where it doesn't belong.