Alfredo,
This was a very interesting read. Many thanks.
You begin by defining intelligence as the ability to solve a new problem. I agree. So did my college professors since they would always present new problems on the exams:-)
You also propose as a metric the rate at which new solutions can be created. This is also good. And you give this a physical meaning in the form of the production of new molecules. You then combine this with a selection method to ensure that these new molecules have a purpose or provide an advantage of some sort. This is also very good.
You then extend the selection idea into a physical version of the scientific method ... i.e., hypothesis (in the form of a new physical or biological structure) and selection (in the form of survivability). I think that your essay is the only one I have read that essential gives physical meaning to the scientific method. This is an excellent insight. Many thanks!
I was not aware of your description of the early Earth. At several places in your essay, you hypothesize regarding the expanding universe and whether or not there are any local effects that can be measured. In my essay, I present a wave function that has an exponential scalar term. It is very possible that this term allows for an expansion exactly as you suppose.
You use of the concept of "thermal window" is also new to me. I do not think I have seen this in any of the other essays. Essentially, you argue that the dinosaurs were doomed no matter what because the Earth was cooling and only small members of the set would survive if they also developed the ability to regulate their temperature. You also seem to argue that if life ever becomes truly extinct on the Earth, it will be impossible for the necessary processes to be repeated to recreate it.
I read your post in another forum regarding your frustration with being one-bombed. Your situation may be more odd than you realize. You and many others were one-bombed within a few hours of your essays being posted. I gave you your next score without reading your essay simply to offset it. You can figure out for yourself what is what. Therefore, you won't see any jump in your score based upon my favorable review as my scoring is already in your average.
I hope your frustrations don't prevent you from participating in the future.
Best Regards and Good Luck,
Gary Simpson