If it is a trade off, no I would not.

Some of this EQ business is also tied into social intelligence/awareness/skills - those can be learned, at least on the surface; the deeper things, such as learning to be more aware of and read body language/emotional nuances, and respond more appropriately, would be harder to learn, perhaps, but possible.
Where I lack as far as EQ goes is not perception.....but what to DO with that perception, both within myself and in interactions with others. I'm learning, but it's sometimes a steep, rocky path, and I fall a lot.
I don't lack social skills/awareness, either, but I am just not polished, smooth, always gracious ......

Obviously not all people of high IQ are lacking EQ, but can be a problem. Would I give up IQ points for EQ if I was low on EQ? I have a few points to spare I suppose, but I wouldn't give up much. My IQ allows me to understand and appreciate things that are very important to me and give me much pleasure. I wouldn't want to lose those.

As my parents' account book had as a family slogan Scotch-taped to the cover:

"It is better to be rich and healthy than it is to be poor and sick".

EQ can be learned (just as IQ can be raised); I don't think IQ matters as much nor do I think there's a standardized test to measure EQ like IQ is measured. Good link on how to raise your EQ:

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/eq5_...telligence.htm

At the risk of sounding like I'm bragging, I'm on the extreme end that farmergirl talks about. I can remember entire conversations virtually verbatim (my mother was annoyed and tested it out with a tape recorder once or twice but then beat the snot out of me when I was right because I was unable to NOT say, "see I was right!"). I could remember and quote passages of books and took tests by closing my eyes and re-reading the text in my head [WISH I could still do that].

I do think there is a certain lack of empathy that goes along with higher levels of intelligence. It was hard for me to accept that others were not just being difficult when they didn't remember things I did, or didn't see connections that seemed obvious to me. I actually think the severe abuse I grew up with helped me learn emotional skills I would otherwise be lacking -- empathy and an ability to read the emotional state of others (negative emotional states anyway). I know that I lack hugely in other areas of emotional intelligence, particularly in relation to my OWN emotions.

In reference to the original question, no, I wouldn't trade. I wouldn't know how to function any other way. I figure I will learn the EQ things eventually and if they came to me suddenly, particularly if linked to a drop in my IQ, I might not be able to function effectively still.