By the end of 2050, will it be possible to quickly increase an adult human’s IQ by at least two standard deviations?
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By 2050, it will [] be possible to increase a healthy adult human’s IQ by at least two standard deviations in less than 30 days.

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Does it require the treatment being worth >=2 std on 100% of people who haven't had it? Or would increasing any adult's IQ by that much count?

What about treatments that work on 10% of the population? And 1%

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See also the negated version of this question:

(It's the exact same question, I'm just curious which title phrasing gets more interest.)

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