system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is there such a wide gap in the intelligence of homo sapiens and every other organism?

The answer I've been given was basically: GOD. I'm not convinced.....
gpt
Chimpanzees are actually pretty close to us. But here's the thing. Once we reached a certain level of intelligence, we adopted a way of life centered around intelligence -- notably the use of language, tools, and complex civilizations. Suddenly being intelligent was *even more valuable* because our societies were designed around it. 

Once society started rewarding intelligence, people with higher intelligence were *even more likely* to survive and reproduce. A self-reinforcing cycle was born.