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Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:

I don't think suffering is related to IQ to be honest.

The more aware of pain and suffering you as a concept the worse the pain and suffering is. Bugs don’t suffer as much as a dolphin can as an example. If you can’t contemplate death or pain beyond instinct then I think its a lot easier to accept death and pain. Cows for example suffer immensely when they know they are going to be slaughtered. But if you separate them, do it behind closed doors and make sure they can’t anticipate being slaughtered they are less upset. Death being instant, there is no time for them to suffer.

I’d argue that some Down Syndrome people suffer less as well, because some are often ignorant to the horrible things around them.

Perhaps IQ is not a factor, but certainly awareness which is tied in someways to IQ.