Just the title has two big semantic questions: (1) what counts as life and (2) what counts as intelligence. Like lazaroclapp commented, it's not that big a str

Just the title has two big semantic questions: (1) what counts as life and (2) what counts as intelligence. Like lazaroclapp commented, it's not that big a stretch to think of humanity (as a whole) as meeting the definitions of both. Also (or alternatively), the earth. Interesting questions.