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The world has an IQ of 100 (or is it 125?) because that is how IQ is defined (ideally).
It's important to note that in discussions like this, the word logical is typically defined as "someone who has done something that doesn't make sense to the person who is using the word".
As in "x person is illogical because the stuff they do doesn't make sense to me".
The idea of logic is co-opted by folks who just want a fancy way of hoisting themselves up on a pedestal. Which is fine. Shit's colloquial.
The problem here is that using colloquial definitions for words is confusing when discussing them in their formal context. Try talking about energy in a colloquial sense in the middle of a conversation about power plant operations.
If you want to say that people do the things they do because they're dumb, then that's fine. If you want to say the same thing, but instead of using the word "dumb" you use the word "illogical" then that's something else entirely.
A great many people who do dumb things do them for completely logical reasons.
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