[zem]

it would be deeply ironic if, with your doubled cognitive ability, you realised that that was a bad bargain.

[ultramundane8]

Haha, yes it would. But likely my ability would at least enable me to convince others of this discovery!

[drivers99]

This is speculative, but it has been suggested that some people's thinking is so advanced that we can't understand what they are trying to do. [1] So it could be the case that what you try to convey once you reach that advanced state isn't comprehensible by normal people.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Genius_Theory

[pstuart]

I think this gets played out with the "normal" population all the time....