timtyler comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 04 August 2010 11:40:36AM *  2 points [-]

Human intelligence can go down pretty low at either end of life - and in sickness. There is a bit of a lump of well people in the middle, though - where intelligence is not so widely distributed.

The intelligence required to do jobs is currently even more spread out. As automation progresses, the low end of that range will be gradually swallowed up.