there are so, so, so many apparently trivial things a village idiot knows/can do that a chimp doesn’t/can’t
There are many things chimps can do that village idiots can’t, too. You just don’t think about those things very often, so you don’t value them.
Also: we don’t compete with lions any more. We complete with other humans. It matters a LOT whether we’re smarter than the humans around us or not. We still have to specify: smarter how? There isn’t a single property that can be increased or decreased. This very simple point is still being ignored.
There are many things chimps can do that village idiots can’t, too. You just don’t think about those things very often, so you don’t value them.
Also: we don’t compete with lions any more. We complete with other humans. It matters a LOT whether we’re smarter than the humans around us or not. We still have to specify: smarter how? There isn’t a single property that can be increased or decreased. This very simple point is still being ignored.