Intelligence is endowed with another property manifested as an intense desire to understand itself. This is presumably a property which is of relatively recent origin on this planet, probably present for the last few thousands of years and probably restricted to humans.

Matter-energy and intelligence are constantly interfacing and interacting, and they influence each other to a very great degree. Intelligence would nevertheless appear to dominate, as evidenced by its continued upward evolution. It would appear to be capable of manipulating matter and energy, thus setting up a process by which it can continuously evolve to higher states of consciousness. It seems apparent that extremely complex and strategically placed atoms and molecules are a requirement for life to exist in its present form, and for consciousness to manifest itself in this dimension.

Given the great abundance of scientifically validated information, there can no longer be any significant doubt that intelligence guides the evolutionary process and directs the application of a variety of forces which we have identified as existing in nature. Chance alone falls far below the mark as an explanation for our existence, as well as for that of the rest of the material universe.

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