Direction and Intelligence

Direction

Direction noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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Intelligence and direction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intelligence" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

Intelligence noun - The ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems.

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Direction and intelligence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Intelligence".

good	good direction	good intelligence
better	better direction	better intelligence
similar	similar direction	similar intelligence
complete	complete direction	complete intelligence
Other adjectives: original, true, single, poor, actual, real, little, bad, general, extra, unusual.

The other, represented by Stephen J Gould, is that evolution is essentially stochastic (non-deterministic) and our hominid ancestors could easily go in another direction and intelligence might never appear.

Source: Useful Notes / Evolution
The main characters in The Long Earth met First Person Singular that was travelling from its homeworld which was a Joker Earth (It Makes Sense in Context) where life evolved in an utterly different direction, staying at germ size but co-operatively working together to create intelligence.

Source: Single Specimen Species
Though in their case it's justified by the Swarm having an intelligence that specifically modifies them in that direction.

Source: Goal-Oriented Evolution

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