I don't understand this sort of comment. We obviously have the other great apes beat by an enormous amount. Our impact on our own environment is so big that we

I don't understand this sort of comment. We obviously have the other great apes beat by an enormous amount. Our impact on our own environment is so big that we can cause planet-scale mass extinctions, either intentionally or unintentionally. We have left the surface of our planet, walked on the moon (well, some of us have), we have detailed theories explaining all sorts of phenomena about the world we live in, we have advanced tools for the weirdest things. Meanwhile we're impressed when an ape uses a tool in a clever way. We obviously don't know enough to travel in person to distant stars, and we don't even know whether or not that might one day be possible, but we can consider the possibility, which is something other great apes can't.