Sure, I still don’t think that if you elevated the intelligence of a group of chimps to the top 5% of humanity without adding some better form of communication and idea accumulation it wouldn’t matter.
If Newton were born in ancient Egypt, he might have made some serious progress, but he almost certainly wouldn’t have discovered calculus and classical mechanics. Being able to stand on the shoulders of giants is really important.
Sure, I still don’t think that if you elevated the intelligence of a group of chimps to the top 5% of humanity without adding some better form of communication and idea accumulation it wouldn’t matter.
If Newton were born in ancient Egypt, he might have made some serious progress, but he almost certainly wouldn’t have discovered calculus and classical mechanics. Being able to stand on the shoulders of giants is really important.