Would you take a pill that would make you smarter or dumber? I used to take a pill (not a pill, but you get the idea) almost every weekend that would make me dumber. I have a 161 IQ, and my life was f*cked, but I was gladly taking this magical concoction to party, dropping 80 IQ points in the process, going a little bellow the national average (88 in my country), why would I do that?  Things were so inconsequential there, happiness was so much easier, everyone was so cheerful and supportive, everything was so cool. <br>So it's not a trivial question by any means. Smarter is far from happier and it doesn't equal better, the same way that being strong doesn't make someone better or being beautiful for that matter (you can use your strength for good or evil). <br>I don't get the taboo of this topic, people think that being intelligent is the only worth a person has (this is not the case, actors are proof of this, or athletes, and I'm not saying they are dumb, it's just that they don't need to be geniuses), that being smart is the ultimate tool to succeed, but you also need the right environment and strategy, discipline and purpose.<br>Good people have been intelligent, but also the worst people.,(reply>), "Smarter is far from happier and it doesn't equal better". Agree! What is "better" can be discussed, and it may take a long time. And even in the strict evolutionary sense high IQ is probably not always guaranteed to advance procreation, which is the one and only goal of evolution through natural selection. In this day and age the less intelligent have a lot more procreative success than the high IQ folks! Have a few beers and smoke a joint so your race's genes have a chance in the battle for survival!