“Intelligence,” OUT OF NOTHINGNESS!

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The problem with the abstract objects is that they are causally effete, meaning, they cannot cause anything.

I don't know what you mean by an abstract object. If you mean one without intelligence then you are certainly wrong - unless you believe that Uranium 235 (for example) is intelligent.

Take a lump of U235 (stay under about 65 kilos) and leave it on the shelf.

Come back in 4 billion years.

There should be about half the U235 you started with, some thorium, some radon gas and various other elements culminating in lead.

So U235 "causes" a whole host of different elements.

Thanks for playing.