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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
I'm thinking this through and will have a comment at some point, I'm sure.
The thing is, I'm reluctant to go much farther in my own speculation because I see how difficult it is for people to even accept the fact that we - as intelligent beings - are proof positive that "intelligence is a part of the universe."
The kind of resistance to accepting this most simple formulation does stun me - although I see us making some real progress here in this Forum and that may be historic in itself!
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i'm not sure that there isn't a confusion on what you mean. I read "intelligence is a part of the universe" to mean that there is a quailty that is active outside of individual instances of intelligence. you make it clear that you aren't referring to a "god" like being...but that's what i read it as. Lebell's material as well...isntantly conjures the concept of diety.
i could say "blue is a part of the universe" since there are instances of blue. in that sense, yes, you're correct. If i wanted to say that there was a fundamental blueness to the universe...i'd be on different ground.