Just ask Mensa. Okay, quit being a smartass, does anyone have an informed opinion on the stereotype that Mensa members generally are not successful? I mean other than Dilbert as a source.
I’d rather be snart.
(palve will get this one)
I already am smart. Now I want to be rich. 'Nuff said. 
- s.e.
Since the company I last interviewed with just called back and said they’d reconsidered and chosen me over the other guy, I’d like to modify my answer. Brains are very useful when you apply them toward people skills, which the other guy obviously lacked, or he wouldn’t have ticked off the Prez. by giving him a list of whacked-out demands.
I’d still rather have more money than more brains, though. People skills can be bought.
I’d take the money.
So, how dumb do I have to be, if I take the money? If I take the brains, do I loose the money I have now?
How much money? I’m smart enough to know that matters, now. Is this cash, or invested capital? What kind of liquidity, and how widely diversified is this wealth? Am I going to be able to count, when I get it, or do I get dumb as a rock?
Naah, I already smart enough to know that as far as money goes, it’s all in the fine print.
Is this genie a lawyer?
Tris
“You could park a car in the shadow of his ass.” ~ Geena Davis, in Thelma and Louise ~
Smart, of course. I’d rather be extremely smart but living on the street than be dumb and rich. Money is not the root of all happiness. And being given such a miraculous choice by whatever magical figure would challenge my weltanschauung as I know it, and I’d rather have the tools to figure it out than spend the rest of my life stupidly wondering in my mansion.
On the other hand, if you really wanted the money, go with being smart anyway. That way, you can use your smarts to write books and advance science and/or the arts to your financial advantage in the long run. And you get to impress your friends with your intellect to boot.
And it would easily boil down to how smart versus how rich. If the choice is between knowing the Vietnamese word for “moon” and 80 gazillion dollars, I’d probably choose the latter and give most of it away (what else would I do with that much money anyway?). Contrarily, if the choice is between knowing the unified theory of physics, every language on earth, being able to do mathematical calculations in my head thousands of times faster, and having memorized every piece of literature ever written and, say, a nickel, the former would be the overwhelmingly obvious choice.
But if the proportions were such that the average person would have a difficult time choosing, I’d go with snarts.
You HAVE to have money to live. The more money, the better you can live. I don’t equate lots of money with being stupid or miserable.
On the other hand, if you have money, you only need minimal brain power.