The average human IQ is 100. There are people with IQs upwards of 180, and recent research has shown that the genes underlying this are likely to be relatively common in the population. Given that IQ is extremely powerful and is positively correlated with income, health, and numerous other positive indicators, I think we must ask ourselves why the average IQ would be 100 and not 180. Why wouldn't directional selection for IQ have just run this all the way up to the max?<p>The only explanation I can see that makes much sense is that IQ must have or correlate with non-obvious fitness disadvantages.
So they took the Pascal's wager of their religion and reworked it in terms of evil. Oops.<p>I think the usual response to worrying about being enslaved by the devil is to invoke faith that Good will prevail.