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An intelligence potion? Sure. But being smarter doesn't help you make more powerful intelligence potions. And potions wear off. And EY can't write a character more intelligent than he is. And it would probably require destroying something unique, otherwise you could just photocopy a calculus textbook for infinite smarts without actually inputting any intelligence.
... but there are probably intelligence potions of some kind.
Huh, so are you of the opinion that all the useful potions have been discovered already, or that discovering potions does not depend at all on intelligence?
Discovering new potions, sure. That doesn't help you brew a more powerful intelligence potion.
In fact, there may not be such a potion; IIRC Harry resolved to research such things early on, so presumably it's either unavailable or beyond his skill level.
Also, if a potion can let you discover new potions, wouldn't potion-makers already have done so? It depends how narrow potion-space is, I guess ... it seems to be wider than in canon.