We are the only highly intelligent organism on a planet that is two thirds covered by water.
It certainly wasn't an intelligent organism; at least it always behaved predictably.
The success of such a trait in sufficiently intelligent and undeceived organisms is implicit.
Or are there small, intelligent organisms living in or under it?
Boyd hypothesized that all intelligent organisms and organizations undergo a continuous cycle of interaction with their environment.
Admittedly it seems to be an intelligent, perhaps a highly intelligent organism who intends no harm to anyone, but we cannot be sure of that.
The "Green Brain" of the title is an intelligent organism that embodies and arises from nature's resistance to human domination.
It certainly wasn't an intelligent organism, though it behaved predictably.
An intelligent organism was known by its ability to follow orders without deviation.
At best, an intelligent organism could make its mark in one or two areas of thought.