I think we could apply Brook's law[0] here. "Throw more scientists/engineers at the problem" doesn't mean that problem will be solved faster. Moreover, he assu

I think we could apply Brook's law[0] here. "Throw more scientists/engineers at the problem" doesn't mean that problem will be solved faster. Moreover, he assumes that increasing number of people will result in higher number of geniuses, but "Correlation does not imply causation". Ok, even if we assume, that number of exceptionally smart humans will increase. We have limited resources of our planet and industries. Having even more people will most likely lower the average standard of living. Wouldn't it be harder to find those geniuses if most of the population are homeless, drug addicts and living in slums? [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%27s_law