/sci/ - Science & Math

>world IQ increasing
>this means people a hundred years ago were noticeably dumber
>people from 2000+ years ago must have been complete imbeciles
>yet there were scientists and philosophers from that time period with minds much greater than even the great scientists from today

now consider someone like Archimedes, an ancient scientist who is often regarded as one of the greatest minds ever. Today, a great scientist might have an IQ of 160, let's say. Chris Langan supposedly has an IQ of 195. Now, Archimedes is obviously much smarter than a great scientist from today, and even smarter than Chris Langan. In today's numbers, Archimede's IQ would be 200+.

But now adjust that for his time period, and the IQ numbers back then. That means this guy's IQ must have been literally GOD-LIKE. I'm talking this guy was basically a supernatural deity with an IQ of 500+. I'm talking Super saiyan 4 kaio-ken times 50.

So my question is, WHY do we not have anyone who is comparably smart in our time? Basically a man who has an 800+ IQ, who can solve literally anything?