It's a fool's game

[Wha?]

What I was getting at by saying humans don't have the most genetic material is that it has nothing to do with how 'advanced' the species is. The other animals with higher counts aren't thought of as higher beings, so the theory is bunk. It's like saying people with polydactyly have a better fashion sense. There is no serious relation between number of genes on separate chromosomes and neural abilities. If the new autosomal pair cause higher consciousness, then yes, it will be a mental advancement. But if those reams of codons occur in one already existing.. that's the same advancement without changing diploid count. In fact, with the amount of garbage already present, it's far more likely to have it randomly occur on a currently existing one than have another form with that information on it already.

quantity != quality