Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Universal Intelligence"?

[Cato]

I see mind as a pattern of activity on a physical substrate, although that's a simplification. Mind emerges from the complexity.

Let's talk about this.

If mind is emergent on complexity, then the question is: complexity of what? Everything in the universe is related. And the universe includes all brains, so the complexity of the universe is necessarily greater than that of all brains. This indicates a possibility (or in this case semantic necessity) of a universal consciousness.

Why is it that some collections of matter are thought of as singular agents with many parts, and others are thought of as just a bunch of stuff happening? Why are the energetic interactions between brain cells considered more complex than those between galaxies?

Fallacy of composition. Just because my heart pumps blood does not mean that my body as a whole pumps blood.

Organic molecules and cells are more complex than collections of stars because of the atomic, molecular, and cellular interactions required to produce a brain. Gravity and fusion give spectacular results; however, the level of sophisticated interaction found in the brain can hardly be said to exist in the larger cosmos.