Quote Originally Posted by Hamlet
That's the catch...'intelligence'. If something exists, like carbon, usually a friggin' lot of it exists. So why would intelligence be exclusive to us? And if we're its pinnacle that would really lean towards the pathetic. Wouldn't it?

But even if the Universe was unintelligent before, and nothing but matter and physics, this one has gained intelligence. --and we're it. ...lol heavy maaan, heavy. Dig those ramifications. Older Universes nurturing a baby universe. We're it's cosmic braincells forming!...hehe Oh I crack myself up sometimes. Sorry about that
Now, when I say 'intelligence', I don't necessarily mean the dictionary definition of intelligence -- but our language is pretty limiting, so, for lack of a better word, we'll assume that this intelligence is a defining attribute of humans.

When I say I think that the universe is intelligent, I mean everything in the universe, non-exclusively. Quarks, atoms, molecules, planets, mountains, rocks, rivers, carbon, gasses, light, nuclear energy, etc. etc. etc. No, I'm not trying to anthropomorphise the universe.. more like the other way around, really. I think most people have the misconception that 'intelligence' is what separates humans from this 'dumb' universe that we're living in.

If you take a step back, and look at things objectively, you begin to see that we're not seperate at all. Is our outside environment -- the air we breathe, the gravity that holds us to the earth, the water we drink, the food we consume, the sunlight that shines down on us -- is it any less vital to our existance than the organs and cells inside of our bodies? We weren't brought in to this universe. We came out of it. Therefore, I think it's logical that we ourselves, and our intelligence (if we indeed have any), are an expression of the universe.

In my mind, that gives us two possibilities:

The universe itself is an intelligent entity, just as we are.
Or:
We're really unintelligent, purely mechanical objects in an unintelligent, purely mechanical universe.

In my humble opinion, if the latter is true, we may as well all commit suicide.