This is a re-post <i>without attribution</i> from <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111207104821.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111207104821.ht...</a><p>which was discussed on Less Wrong <a href="http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/8sj/humans_shouldnt_make_themselves_smarter/" rel="nofollow">http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/8sj/humans_shouldnt_mak...</a>