Thread: The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

Why not? Math, just like everything else we do, is governed by a set of defined or perceived rules; and the goal is always the same, to get "the answer". The answer is the thing that intelligence optimizes towards.

Not true.

Humans are curious -- it's an evolutionary advantage. The want for an "answer" (aka a model which a human uses to simulate and predict the ambient around him) is purely emotional. Humans are, however, given "tools", as in, cognitive tools, which they use in order to obtain what their emotions compel them to. Those tools are what we call "intelligence". Intelligence only optimizes towards more evolutionary advantage.

Logic is derived from the idea that something cannot be correct and incorrect at the same time. If this is itself correct, we'll never know. But we do know that all our logical postulations are based on this hypothesis.

"Intelligence" means cognitive functions, to science. Cells can become more effective at doing something, but not more intelligent, as the concept of "intelligence" is only defined for the level of organs.