The intelligent universe

 The intelligent universe


We live in an intelligent universe

the origin of which

is entirely opaque

to all of us at present


All of the energy

that is the universe now

was confined within 

narrow boundaries

without subatomic particles

or atoms or molecules

perhaps confined 

by massive gravitational forces

the chains of which were broken

and our expanding universe born


Interactions governed

by the physics 

of the primordial plasma

resulted in the particles and forces

which produced the first atoms

and all of the elements

necessary to make stars 

and galaxies and rare worlds

where biology becomes possible

and life becomes

a minuscule component

of the massive universe


This is the process

in which we live

a process which doesn't know

and does not possess

the capacity to care

a process which we

are not able to affect

in any meaningful way

and will never be capable of doing so


All forms of life are intelligent

able to exist within

a contextual moment

during which entropy is stalled

as a result of this unique

biological intelligence


Some life forms 

with peculiar aptitudes

may make the mistake of thinking

that their intelligence is supreme

and then strive to invent tools

which would even exceed

their own capacities

and turn them into the tools


All of these scenarios

exist within the framework

of what might be called

primordial intelligence

the non-neural intelligence 

far greater than any other

an intelligence which outlasts anything emerging from it

but which does not last forever

a system on its way

back to the primordium

from which it emerged

beyond the event horizon

where human knowledge 

begins and ends



Aubrey Lieberman

4/14/2023


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