[chrischen2]

Well one benefit of increasing population is that we increase the chances of geniuses being born, and increase the diversity of the population.

[JBiserkov]

There's an old joke that says:

  The intellect of the planet is a constant, the population is increasing. 

genius != intelligence, but still :)

[stck]

All we now need is a system for harvesting those geniuses. Who knows how many Srinivasa Ramanujans the world has lost.