Good logic, I approached it with an open mind, but go deeper; you missed something important. PM me if you want to share ideas and thoughts.

Without taking the time to read the mountains of comments preceding mine, I want to point out that evolution has proven that intelligence *can* come from nonintelligence, albiet incredibly slowly, over millions of years. Of course, the knee-jerk reaction is to say "Well, God put the spark of intelligence there." To that, I have to say that that argument is circular reasoning, which you promised to avoid; that would be using your own theory to prove your theory true, which is a major logical fallacy. Con