quote:Nature's innate intelligence. Does it exist?
Logically, the term innate cannot apply: it infers a dis-logic when the goal post cannot be pushed any further, and thereby an abandonment of all known scientific application. It ceases being science any more.
An action is only possible via an interaction - there is no alternative to this anywhere in the universe.
There is no such thing as 'NATURE' - in reality. There is also no such thing as an eco-system as its own end; this is a process resultant from an independent, purposefuly formed construct. The chip in a cell phone is also an eco-system of sorts, but its source is not the wiring in the chip!