Don't have to be intelligent to compete

Competition is a natural law. They speak of bacteria competing for resources, or molecules competing for binding sites. It is simply the sustained gaining the critical resources in a game. If an entity does not accumulate the resources needed to stay in the game then it is out. It goes on to play a different game.

So bacteria, leaves in the wind, dust, rain, people, birds all compete for various things from staying on the window ledge to winning a war.

Humans have this pre-Copernican view that they are the centre of the universe: a compromise from the infantile thinking that they individually are the centre of the universe. They often presume that they are highly successful in the world, have a far superior intellect and capability and play games that the rest of Life would be grateful to be envious of (if they could be either).

But, that intellect and mental capability itself has evolved as a result of competition. The competition that we think we are taking part in: chess, college, politics its part of an even bigger game that has led to the evolution of these traits!

Our very ability to play games is only a strategy in a vastly superior game called Life, which we aren't even aware of! How naive then to think that we are better able to play games that our fellow "livers"!! that we understand life!