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HistoricallyFunny t1_j96z56l wrote

Why is it assumed that increased intelligence leads to violence, or going rogue?

Every person I have met with a extremely high IQ is the exact opposite.

It the lower IQ that use violence and are unable to understand why they don't get the results they want.

The super smart, super villain is fiction. Being a villain is not a smart way to achieve a goal.

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TheSecretAgenda t1_j97bdhm wrote

No, a smart villain knows how to apply violence effectively. He becomes wealthy, bribes politicians to have the state deal with his enemies.

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squirrelathon t1_j9arf02 wrote

A smart enough person would realise that making the world a worse place - by bribing, stealing, etc - would make his own life worse as well: whether that's because he needs to spend more on security to guard himself from the people he's stealing from, or by society not having enough resources to develop medical treatments that may one day save him in some way. There are many ways in which poor actions can come back to bite you.

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helpskinissues t1_j972pug wrote

A person with low IQ can use tools made by people with high IQ to make smart plans to achieve evil goals though.

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cneakysunt t1_j9752yw wrote

Anecdotally I agree however the ability to empathise is key.

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LosingID_583 t1_j9bsf75 wrote

So if we augment everyone's IQ to be very high, then do you believe that there will no longer be any violence?

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LosingID_583 t1_j9r4wvv wrote

With examples like Genghis Khan, I worry that in some circumstances violence is optimal (perhaps if done in secret or in a clever way) as a means of gaining or protecting power, for example. It would be concerning if violence is not actually directly inversely correlated with IQ, but rather a different quality or set of qualities.

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