It would be nice to see what animals are capable of this kind of differentiation - although the ability of Rhesus macaques to use symbolic representations to differentiate between 'more' and 'less' appears to be significant on several levels (at least, to me).

This is a purpose-designed ax, meant specifically for splitting logs. It might be marginally superior to an ax for the job. It might even be better or more convenient than a wedge and a sledge. I don't see it really catching on - I think an ax is a far more flexible tool, and if you're specifically interested in splitting logs there are other special-purpose tools already available that'll do the job just as well.

But . . . I concede. Not worth my time to try to teach ignorant mother-fuckers that their asinine presentation has buried their message in bullshit.

I did say it was a broader question.

IANARS.

Note that "convicted" doesn't mean "we know" - it means there was a trial of some sort, with rights preserved and arguments presented before sentence is carried out.

We're not really better, I guess. Just different.