The difference between chimps and humans = The difference between the blond and the genius

Chimps and humans are one at the same, 99% of the DNA matches.

I was thinking, if 99% of a chimp is human, or if we are 99% chimps; how are we so different from chimps? Actually, we claim that chimps are so much less intelligent than humans because of this 1% difference in DNA. Such a huge difference is credited to that 1% difference. Extrapolating the proven science to a general world (in a really freaky way): the super-intelligent humans are 99% the same as the not-so-intelligent/normal humans, and it tells me that the last 1% gain pretty much changes the whole paradigm.

That's probably why people say that they need great people on the job (the keyword is 'great'). We cannot differentiate what's mediocre from what's good (unless we keenly look for the difference), but we can easily differentiate what's good from what's truly great.

For instance, say you and I listen to music for entertainment. We won't be able to tell the difference between what's a good song and what's a mediocre song (but, the guys in the music industry can tell the difference coz they know music really well), but, if we both sit and listen to Beethoven (something great) and something good, I am almost sure that we will be able to feel how good Beethoven's music is.

In reality, something that's good and something that's great are 99% the same. Damn! that great musician perfected his art just 1% more than the other musicians, and that was good enough to wipe out everything on the way.