I really hope they find a way of increasing intelligence in our life time, I have an IQ of 70 and it is really annoying.,(reply>), @william julianelle I wonder what the distinction between cognitive function and intelligence really is. It's already known that there are certain activities and practices that can decrease or increase cognitive function, the brain seems to be very plastic in that area. Ultimately whatever causes intelligence to emerge in the brain is going to be down to the anatomy and make up of the brain.<br><br>Things like cortical thickness in the temporal lobe, large neurons and branching dendrites, size ,connectivity, and rate of neurogenesis  in the hippocampus etc all seem to be highly correlated with IQ.<br><br> All of these areas are also plastic and can be changed via exercise, diets, high mental engagement and other more obscure practices like fasting. <br><br>Yes the formal regimens directed at increasing iq have failed, but i think people like Haier are too dogmatic in declaring the certainty of iq being unchangeable— especially since we still know so little about  our brains . I smell a paradigm shift coming within the next 50 100 years regarding iq. <br><br>This is somewhat (extremely) unrelated to self awareness but what the hell,(reply>), I agree with you about intelligence and self-awareness being different, but I said what I said based on what I have seen. There are a lot of people with very low IQ's that seem quite content with it, or at least content enough to the point where it doesn't seem to bother them much. I think people get used to their situation in life as well. Intelligence isn't something that people can really change, so letting it annoy you is kind of useless. A lot of people with lower intelligence think they're smarter than they are as well. I agree though, that there are many that are aware of their low intelligence and aren't happy about it for sure. It really just depends on the specific person and their personality. I think if it's very very low, it wouldn't usually bother someone as much, but if it's below average, it would typically bother someone more so, but like I said, it all depends.,(reply>), @william julianelle idk about that  self awareness and intelligence may not be the same thing. One may be aware that they are dumb and also aware of the disadvantages of being so. Even more now that they've watched this video,(reply>), @Davy Roger It it's low enough for certain people it wouldn't be annoying at all. A lot of people with very low intelligence don't care, and part of that is because they don't have the intelligence.,(reply>), I agree