I guess again that there are senses in which everything alive is doing cognition. Some of these are also senses in which a thermostat is doing cognition. But it

I guess again that there are senses in which everything alive is doing cognition. Some of these are also senses in which a thermostat is doing cognition. But it remains somewhat orthogonal to the point being made in the article! You are arguing for a definition of intelligence far more expansive than I am- it would be even more surprising under your definition if it was restricted to agents that have what we would recognize as bodies.