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4 Post author: RichardKennaway 15 February 2011 03:27PM

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Comment author: gwern 16 February 2011 08:22:37PM *  0 points [-]

I would be more interested in the metabolic consequences of good memory. (More fatty acid use?) That's the usual downside to intelligence interventions per Algernon's principle.