Can a human being with an average IQ become a genius?
From all the research I have read about, this seems extremely unlikely. The actual capacity of the brain probably can’t be improved very much at this point in history. I suspect there will be biological technologies in the future that will change this. Why do people want to increase their intelligence? To get more respect form others and similar personal reasons seem to be common motivations. Also, I often get emails from subscribers who want to be smarter in order to advance at work. I personally think there are far more efficient ways to do that than increasing ones IQ, which leads us to the next IQ question: How would a higher IQ improve one’s life? A higher IQ probably won’t do much directly to improve one’s life, anymore than larger muscles will. Just as being physically stronger has its applications, so does being smarter. But neither is directly beneficial without other changes, or without actually applying in useful ways the new power gained. Using the computer metaphor, the br
