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Body Order

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One aspect of the physical world is what I call "Order". On the quantum scale the seven electron orbit levels of the atom are the foundation for building all of the chemical elements and thus a basis for which all of the physical world is formulated. Implied in this concept of order, is a tendency for life to evolve ever more complex and ordered life forms from simpler life form components. I call this tendency "Synergy" which implies the advancement of the intelligence of a body that goes beyond what would be expected from its component parts.  This ongoing synergy is a balancing dualism to the process of  entropy that is also part of the physical universe

The physical world as expressed within a living being is found in the genetic structure that is passed from one generation to the next. You could say that the process of evolution of life on earth is basically a synergistic process which brings a higher level of order and organization to the universe. This is a potential for a higher intelligence, and not necessarily a guarantee of achieving it. People often muse about not finding signs of intelligent life on earth. Rocket scientists can build a  (MAD) missile system that requires a high degree of intelligence but may be seriously lacking wisdom or sanity.  Dinosaurs with walnut sized brains roamed the earth for several hundred million years. Technological humans, in a period of only several thousand years have brought the whole ecology to the brink of collapse.