I don't mean you can gain native intelligence, but nobody is using their full potential. I remember my mom saying that my sister got the most out of the "gifted" classes in school (I sincerely hope they don't call them that anymore) because she barely qualified, so was challenged, engaged by the curriculum, and learned more than those of us who were bored because it was easy. Long after I was out of school she said she wished she had put me at least in a private school where you could move at your own pace. But hardly anyone gets that, in any family.

So I think a person who is less intelligent, recognizes it and learns and trains can end up in a better place than someone who is smart and so less motivated to try, since they don't have to.

If just asking if I'd take extra smarts or extra looks from my starting point now? Extra smarts. I need them to hedge against dementia when I get older.