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Question: What would the world be like if every person's IQ instantly jumped up 20 points!?
Would there be less war!? Less capitalism!? Better political candidates!? Etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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your IQ just reflects how well you retain information!. it has nothing to do with how you use it!.

Knowledge without morals is death for all!. Everyone would be more intelligent, so they would learn more at school, so there wouldn't be as many people drinking/smoking etc!.; there would not be as many single mothers raising children they can't afford; there wouldn't be as many terrorist attacks born out of rage rather than information!. However, that doesn't mean everyone is going to suddenly be nice!. I could know perfectly well that the woman standing next to me is a single mother struggling to feed her children, but that wouldn't make me care!. I would have to have compassion to have the capability to care!.

Less war!? oh no no no!.!.!. War would be worse!. We would be able to develop more deadly weapons; we would know our enemy and their weaknesses better; we would know more about things that we shouldn't know anything about!.

Less capitalism!? capitalism is a way of making money!. How intelligent would those people be to completely give up all that money!? So they have to crush a few weak small business owners!. so what!? they're smarter!. that doesn't make them care!.

Better political candidates!? OK this is where I agree with you!. I think that people should have to have a high school diploma, be enlisted in the armed forces, OR be enrolled in a college, university, or vocational school to vote!. IQ would make people more intelligent; therefore they would realize better what would happen if they vote for the wrong person; therefore they would look into the candidates and values; therefore the presidential votes would more accurately reflect the public opinion!.


What would the world be like if everyone IQ jumped!? Well since there hasn't been any time for change yet, for a while, it would be exactly as it is now!. In time, however, people would learn!. they would learn what's happening to the worlds and not drive their cars unless they needed to!. they would learn how valuable school is, and there would be more discoveries made!. maybe someone high up in the government would develop a system by which political candidates with good, but possibly controversial ideas could have an equal chance for office!.

I cannot say whether or not the world would be better or worse, but I can say with absolute certainty that the entire world would be forever changed!.


PS (all the lines in which I say that the person wouldn't necessarily care does NOT reflect my opinion!. I would care!. they might not)Www@QuestionHome@Com

If every person's IQ jump 20 points it would not make much difference in the world!. The effects of IQ are only significant relationally!.

If the smartest people in the world went up another 20% then they would feel more superior, more isolated and more frustrated then they do now!.

Men and women on average have the same IQ levels as a whole, but when you get to the bottom 3rd and the top 3rd, men predominate!. Partly this is because evolution has no place for mothers too dumb to raise their own children, but one smart man can lead a multitude of dumb ones to success in the hunt or on the farm or battlefield!. Having more dumb men to follow the smart ones is a good thing, evolution-wise!.

Men are stereotypically good at following orders and women are stereotypically good at communicating!. So if you want world peace, what you want is everybody with the SAME IQ!. That would be bad for armies and good for communications!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mathematically it would all be the same!. IQ is relative!.

The average IQ is about 100!. If everyone's IQ went up 20 points, then the average would be 120!. You would have the same number of people with average IQ, the same number of people with above average IQ, and the same number of people with below average IQ!.

Everything would probably be the same!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The good people would be better, the smart people would be smarter, the criminals would have better ways of robbing, etc!.!.!. The murderers would have better ways of getting away with it!.!.!.
It would depend on what you're doing in life, then!.!.!.whatever it is, you would be better at it!.
IQ points don't fill in for common sense!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know how much 20 points is relative to smartness, but I don't think it is enough change to seriously make the world better!. Maybe a little bit better!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sadly I doubt a higher state of understanding would help decrease the dependence on consuming resources as a way of life!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know but did you ever see the movie "Idiocracy"!? It was pretty funny LOL
your question reminded me of that movie!.
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mass anarchy when the idiots like me realized how badly they were being used by the 'man' and how much we are being crapped on by the republicansWww@QuestionHome@Com

It is not IQ that matters !. You must spread and practice love and peace !. That will make this world more liveable !.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We would probably blow ourselves up sooner!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The same footing were in now!.!.!.!.!.!.its the foundation that countWww@QuestionHome@Com

hopefully a better place but i don't think it would change any , Www@QuestionHome@Com