There is some evidence for this, but quite old evidence. Internet changes everything. http://prometheussociety.org/wp/articles/the-outsiders/ …
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Replying to @KirkegaardEmil @Neuro_Skeptic
Self-selected self-pitying garbage. No high IQ longitudinal studies support any decreased happiness - not Terman, SMPY, TIP, Hunter etc.
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That article cites the Terman study.
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I said happiness, not suicide. Many abnormalities w/suicide as a proxy. eg sunnier days cause better mood - and more suicides.
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Not to mention Durkheim: more developed countries have suicide spikes. Want to argue economic progress, wealth, health, and longevity bad?
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SMPY does support increase in mental issues in the far right tail, but this is way beyond 135.
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Replying to @KirkegaardEmil @gwern and
It's still surprising that we don't have strong evidence that higher IQ is associated with greater happiness.
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Replying to @JimDMiller @gwern and
Between countries it is, but only weakly so within countries. Tinkering with happiness is not so easy as material gains.
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Replying to @KirkegaardEmil @gwern and
But why not? Higher IQ should make it easier to evaluate potential mates, avoid stupid stuff, make long-term plans, exercise, eat right.
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Replying to @JimDMiller @gwern and
And it does, but happiness comes from many things, esp. connecting with peers, which high IQ is detrimental to doing. At least, my take.
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Would be interesting to have IQ~happiness data for a large variety of countries to see if the slope is slightly positive within each.
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Replying to @KirkegaardEmil @JimDMiller and
Or whether there is some golden area for maximum happiness (the dystopian finding!). Would be quite annoying if that was true.
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