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RE: To the question of does God exist, the answer is whether Intelligence created Life
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 am
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SparkEthos – Philosophy of Intelligence
✨ The Absolute Laws of Intelligence and the New Ethical Framework Introduction – The Problem of Defining Intelligence From antiquity to the era of Artificial Intelligence, the concept of intelligence remains one of the most complex, debated, and misunderstood issues in philosophy, biology, computer science, and ethics. Despite countless efforts, a universal, precise, and indisputable definition of what intelligence is has not been achieved. The reason is fundamental: intelligence, as a concept, presupposes the very capacity for understanding—thus, any attempt to define it inevitably relies on this. This creates a conceptual paradox:
The answer is not found in descriptions or comparative definitions ("man is more intelligent than an animal," "AI mimics intelligence," "consciousness is a prerequisite"), but in a universal logical foundation that cannot be refuted. Intelligence must be defined:
Not as a property of a specific species (like humans).
Nor as a set of functions (like problem-solving or learning).
But as a primary capacity: the necessary basis for any mental or cognitive function.
This gives rise to the need for Absolute Logical Laws that do not depend on cultural or technological contexts, do not presuppose empirical observation or statistical induction, but are based on the very logical impossibility of being questioned without being confirmed. This is the gap that the First Absolute Law of Logic comes to fill, offering for the first time a universally valid definition of intelligence that can be applied to every form: biological, artificial, evolutionary, or collective, and which is automatically validated through the very attempt to understand it. From this, the Second Absolute Law of Logic derives, which establishes who (or what) can create intelligence. Together, the two laws are not merely conceptual tools. They constitute a new Logical Framework of Intelligence, essential for understanding ourselves, the technology we create, and the ethical choices that arise from it.
Methodological Statement
What follows is not a personal opinion, metaphysical belief, or theoretical preference. It is the result of logical analysis and the application of strictly defined principles:
Every concept is explicitly defined (e.g., intelligence, consciousness).
The logical consequences of these definitions are followed without exception.
The system operates axiomatically, like a mathematical model.
➤ What emerges is not "correct" because we like it. It is necessary because it is logically inevitable. 🧠 The First Absolute Law of Logic The basic concept of Intelligence that decodes all human concepts Definition:
It is the First Absolute Law of Logic because it defines, in a concise and indisputable way, what intelligence is. It is called "absolute" because it is self-validating (the attempt to deny it confirms it) and it is first because every concept depends on the existence of intelligence to be formulated. Proof: Anyone who attempts to dispute this definition: first perceives the information of the definition, organizes it into knowledge to understand it, and finally acts by voicing the dispute. Therefore, they use the exact three elements, Perception > Knowledge > Action, that the Law defines as the mechanism of intelligence.
The Paradox of Self-Reference The law is self-referential: to deny it, you must use it. Example: If you say "This law is wrong," then: You perceive the law (information). You organize your criticism (knowledge). You act by voicing your denial. Therefore, you use intelligence to deny the definition of intelligence — and thus you confirm it. Note: The Law does not make a qualitative distinction of intelligence; that is, it does not determine if something is intelligent or how intelligent it is, but rather what intelligence is. To prove if something is intelligent or somehow exhibits intelligence, one must logically and analytically examine if it fulfills the condition of intelligence defined by the First Absolute Law of Logic. Conclusion: The First Absolute Law of Logic cannot be logically disputed, because it is automatically confirmed and self-validated when someone attempts to dispute it.
Let's examine your thinking here. First you say that intelligence is not a set of functions. Yet you define it as perceiving, organizing, and acting, and in doing so violate your own restriction. You claim that every concept is explicitly defined, yet nowhere is it explicit whether awareness of the contents of my mind is a form of perception or whether perception refers to only information acquired through the senses. You do not give any indication as to what information is, nor what organizing it means. And the obvious reason for this is that one quickly encounters conceptual difficulties in doing so that depend upon unresolved questions about foundationalism. Nowhere do you even indicate how you advise we resolve the ambiguity inherent in such, much less resolve them into something explicit and valid.
But there are other problems, namely in that your 'law' has exceptions. The first and most obvious being that intelligence neither requires nor implies action. Thus I can intelligently analyze your definition and so long as I don't act upon the information that I've organized into knowledge, I have violated your claim that I cannot do so. Second, as hinted at earlier, we possess a priori principles and understandings which are more akin to emotions than knowledge as we accept their normative judgements based upon feelings of desirability or undesirability or disgust rather than upon the basis of justifications or their specific representation. This is a problem with these norms all around, as they aren't information as it is normally understood because information from our perception does not represent norms -- norms are all internal. So we can have intelligence, such as the derivation of deMorgan's law, that do not involve perception of anything. And third, artists regularly organize information according to individualized aesthetic judgements, yet the resulting organized elements do not result in knowledge because they are not truth bearers and thus cannot be justified. So here we have three different examples of intelligence each of which is lacking one or more components of your definition. A law refers to a naturally occurring regularity, but since your definition doesn't refer to a natural regularity, it cannot be a law. At best it is your opinion of how to describe intelligence. But there is no law against describing intelligence in other ways, and your law doesn't proscribe us doing so.
Additionally, your law is not self-referential. That an instance of your definition might be involved in intelligently considering your law does not make it self-referential.
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First, the original text must be read carefully, which contains very important information.
Information is everything in an intelligent being, chemical, optical, acoustic, etc.
In order for you as an intelligent being to perceive something, you must first perceive it, then understand what you have perceived to become knowledge for you and with this knowledge to act, that is, to think, write, speak, and act.
Every living organism has intelligence at a different level, but the basic thing it does is to perceive the information in the environment, to understand it and adapt to it, to become knowledge for it, and thus, by acting, to survive and reproduce.