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>familia ties improved by inbreeding is good (outweighs the bad)
Completely wrong and bonkers.
A major reason the Christian west did so well is the church outlawed cousin marriage, which raised the generations iq several points or more over just a few hundred years. This has been well studied.
Also keep in mind this would have much bigger effects in times when most people walked everywhere, and generally lived and died in the greater neighborhood they were born in.
Note I didn’t say “stops retardation”. So don’t bother linking studys that show the effect on that is small, I am just talking about moving the normals needle.

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Pain control is largely a function of iq,-more or less.
Wrapped up in impulse control and long term planing and denial.
If you are horny, can you keep building your shelter? Or do you go rape the local women? If you get hungry can you finish the roof or do you start to complain? Basically when something bothers you, how much does it bother you? Can you keep walking an extra mile or do you quit?