Humans are amazing creatures. Sure, we can be incredibly stupid, both individually and as a race. But many individuals down through history have been absolute geniuses. Humans have invented farming, incubators, thermometers, desalinization, paper, air conditioning, flight (at speeds faster than sound; even into space and back), jet propulsion, computers, compasses, underwater breathing and submarines, sonar, antifreeze, incredibly accurate clocks, …