NDT's talk about how humanity is genetically about 1% different from chimps is a gem. Perhaps that 1% simply doesn't afford us the brain juice we need to understand the universe.

And given the shape and size of the human (female) pelvis, there are practical limitations on the size of skull a baby can be born with...in other words, we're pretty much as smart as we're likely to get.

So our species sits, and will continue to sit, at the far low end of what could, generously, be considered "intelligent." We cook up an imaginary Sky King, and fancy ourselves His most precious creation, because we're terrified of facing the truth about ourselves: there's nothing of consequence that separates us from any other species on earth.