Existence

[Hollie]

The universe exists so that intelligence would emerge.

Here we go:

Row row row your boat......

 

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You can't tell what something is by how it starts out. You can only tell what it is by how it turns out.

Intelligence is the pinnacle of creation.

 

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We live in a universe where there has never been an caused event. Which means for every event there is a reason or cause for the outcome of that event.

 

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The emergence of intelligence in the universe was not a freak occurrence but a product of the laws of nature.

 

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It is the nature of intelligence to create intelligence.

 

[Hollie]

It is the nature of intelligence to create intelligence.

"....... because I say so."

 

[OldLady]

But the question the OP is asking is why? And to answer that you have to know what something ends up being and not what it starts out as. And the most complex thing that has been created from all of this is intelligence; consciousness. There is nothing more rare and special than being a being that knows and creates.

Created by a 5" pufferfish in hopes of attracting a mate.
No consciousness, no "intelligence," no hands. We are not so "rare" or "special." Just another creature that occasionally belches out something awesome. When we're not busy doing something horrendous.

 

[Hollie]

It is the nature of intelligence to create intelligence.

"....... because I say so."

What do you think, Hollie?

I'd say - in applying some critical thinking, that the Nature of any living creature is to seek Survival, and Longevity of the species. One mechanism to accomplish this, thus making it secondary to the primary Nature of living creatures, is enhanced knowledge.

Natural selection and genetic mutation seems another. Bacteria, so far, is the clear winner in terms of longevity.

That's a great point about bacteria. In the realm of biological life and longevity, simple and less complex wins.

 

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But the question the OP is asking is why? And to answer that you have to know what something ends up being and not what it starts out as. And the most complex thing that has been created from all of this is intelligence; consciousness. There is nothing more rare and special than being a being that knows and creates.

Created by a 5" pufferfish in hopes of attracting a mate.
No consciousness, no "intelligence," no hands. We are not so "rare" or "special." Just another creature that occasionally belches out something awesome. When we're not busy doing something horrendous.

If all the matter and energy in the universe were represented by the sand in the Sahara desert, all life in the universe would be represented by a single grain of sand. And that's not intelligent life, that's all life.

 

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Intelligence is the most advanced and complex phenomena the universe has produced.