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Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if the average intelligence went up 50%? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] nimrod06@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I can see both sides. Smarter people would make the pie bigger. But a flat %increase would make the absolute intelligence gap even wider, which is what I think is the more relevant metric. Evil spirited smart people would manipulate stupid people even harder and that benevolent smart people may not do much to stop it.

Would the world be better? Maybe. Would the world have less conflict? I bet not.