The world has always been filled with stunted people with zero empathy, stinking up the entire place, at every level.
Alas, his kind is a dime-a-dozen. He surely had to claw his way atop of many others in the hierarchy, including other petty tyrants, to get to VP, and that kind of rat race only solidifies the lack of basic human decency.
"I am a Master Of The Universe, baby!" - to paraphrase Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire Of The Vanities... about a Wall St. asshole's downfall.
Whoa!
I am maga from Texas, I say we secede from librul states, we have all we need, like warm-water port for naval and industry.
Considering your specific example with an apple, what about other senses, what happens if you try and recall texture, smell and taste?
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Monke brane and senses, well adapted to survive in the savannas of Africa, encounters math and gets baffled.
EDIT: Visualize the apes at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey, scared but touching the monolith. Now imagine that the monolith is the square root of minus one.
More people than you can shake millions of sticks at, are stunted and stupid and angry beyond what we could imagine was possible.
"I've never seen anyone sad in a Ferrari. In fact, I've never seen anyone in a Ferrari, I've only seen the Ferrari as I pass by the dealership showroom."
Lamborghinis, on the other hand... I once saw a farmer driving his Lambo tractor truck! And while I didn't get a good look at his face, it was still awesome.
Tiger.
Champ.
Or go British!
Guv'nor or just plain Guv.
Boy oh boy, do I feel enlightened AND refreshed, by that video summary.
When archaeologists express that very same concept, they widely use 12025 BP (Before Present).
Remember that 80s magazine OMNI?
Science, tech, sci-fi, Mensa-caliber games... by the very same Bob Guccione who published Penthouse!
Every issue had an in-depth interview with a prominent and interesting scientist, figures like Alan Guth or Luc Montagnier or Morris Berman.
One issue was a little more off-beat, the interview was with an anthropologist, whose student life and career went like this:
Attending the University Of Montana in Missoula, this student loved drinking every day, so he asked the question - "What's a relatively easy major with little math, that will interfere the least with my drinking?" - and landed on Anthropology.
After graduation, the next question became - "What will I do my thesis about?" - a friend gave him the vague advice to do it on something he knew or was passionate about, and like a "eureka" moment, it hit him: "I'm gonna research drinking culture, bars!"
And so, he became one of the rarefied few for whom drinking on the job was basically a requirement!