Inorganic Intelligence: page one
	Biological evolutionists have already postulated the presence of an inorganic intelligence within the mechanism of organic reproduction which causes organisms to defy the second law of thermodynamics and evolve from simplistic forms to forms with greater and greater complexity; something within the elements which drives species in an ever more sophisticated, adaptive direction.  To date, unwilling to postulate the existence of an incomprehensibly superior being, The Creator, they have experienced difficulty finding a handle on this dynamic.  Perhaps the answer is in the slender, vibrating threads of energy proposed by String Theory. Perhaps not. But, if biological evolution is valid, evidence of inorganic intelligence’s existence is plenteous, but specific, empirical explanations are hard to come by. The social sciences are awash in this same evidence.  Mankind’s relationships provide an excellent example of this evolving dynamic. A burgeoning population has created the need to evolve; necessity being the Mother of invention.  Organic, physiological intelligence seems to be the vehicle by which this methodical progression into greater and greater levels of sociological complexity is achieved.  Knowledge is the raw material which fuels this progressive flow. From prehistoric cave people to present day doctoral sheepskins, mankind’s social evolution has progressed, albeit in a somewhat schizophrenic manner.  In passing I would like to note, knowledge as raw material is an existential element, while the species’ ability to recognize the existence of this knowledge and then to manipulate it is a physics based physiological phenomenon. Relative ignorance, knowledge-less-ness, contained relationships within the circumference of a fire pit; a circle of safety.  Relationships were primarily dependent on physical characteristics rather than mental acuity.  But, as knowledge began its creep into our experience, this budding intelligence slowly began to influence relationships and in time gained an even par with physical prowess.  Progress was anything but a smooth line.  It resembled the jagged edge of a rip saw more than a steady, even flow.  It was as if intelligence and physical prowess, knowledge and raw physical power, were at war; two oxen sharing a yoke, but headed in opposite directions; points on a graph being the shape of little swirling hurricanes instead of neat little points. This is the shape of things today. In their attempts at manipulating the masses, physical might and knowledgeable intelligence have meshed in an uneasy alliance, each warily eying the other, waiting for any moment of weakness when one can dominate the other. Organic intelligence began its progression with snippets of practicality which enhanced people’s physical acuity.  Knowledge of the benefits fire afforded was probably the first great piece of knowledge which had a recognizable impact on social progress.  It provided warmth, a method for making meat safer to eat, and security from marauding beasts.  In time, a whole lot of time, cave people created tools.  With the discovery that a small boulder thrown from some elevated position could incapacitate a large beast, a social explosion resulted.  This access to more meat allowed families to expand and clans to form.  With the inventions of knives, spears and arrows, not only was there an improvement in the procurement of meat, but clans could determine and protect the territory in which they hunted.  In all this, social evolution crept forward.  Rudimentary social structures evolved into more and more complex social structures.  This ability to adapt and manipulated the environment relied on thought; the brain’s relationship with knowledge. Interestingly enough, the species is still throwing rocks, killing to eat, and fiercely rearranging their borders. The basics remain the same.  The species has only used an ever expanding supply of knowledge to devise more clever methods of throwing their stones, managing their supply of meat, and antagonizing their neighbors.  Beneath all the layers a sow’s ear still exists. The world of numbers was the next piece of knowledge discovered which has had and still has a profound affect on society.  The mathematic disciplines provided our species with a reliable structure; an enduring rational reality independent of physical prowess; a thinking process which easily translated into logical reasoning which then gave birth to philosophical thought. This logic was subject to expanding knowledge, however. Logical reasoning, philosophical thought, is only as sound as the pieces of data it has at its disposal. An incomplete set of data will confound the philosopher’s search for logical constructs and offer fertile soil for systems of belief..  The presence of an emergent intellectual playfulness caused the species to play with the limited data, never-the-less. When critical knowledge still lies buried, the best a philosopher can do is guess, and these guesses demand a society willing to believe.  But, as the set of critical knowledge becomes more and more complete, so do the logical constructs which then undermine the systems of belief based on previous guesses.  The difficulty facing the species is its aversion to change; its unwillingness to release its grasp on all the social institutions which find their foundations in the set of incomplete data. Just ask Galileo. With the species’ ever expanding faith in the branches of mathematics, soon the physical and natural sciences began to operate within the secure constraints of rational thought.  Hard determinism was a slow train coming; mathematics was already on board and with the success the mathematic disciplines were demonstrating, it only made sense for the physical and natural sciences to follow.  With their increasing reliance on logical reasoning, the Scientific Method, the physical and natural sciences entered a very satisfying and intense relationship with knowledge.
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