This assertion would imply that the effect, which is intelligence, is already present in the cause, which is matter, because there cannot be an effect without a cause. Intelligence that proceeds from matter, consciousness that is the effect of matter, has to be present in matter which is the cause. Matter is everywhere. The whole universe is matter, and nothing but that. No one can say that it is located in one place or only in a little area of matter, because matter is an indivisible substance which is spread throughout space.
Infinity is the name of matter.
Thus, if the effect, which is consciousness or intelligence, is to be embedded in the cause, which is matter, it has to be present everywhere. This conclusion is amazing and startling. It needs a logical and systematic re-analysis. But matter is everywhere. Therefore, the effect, which is intelligence, also, has to be everywhere, wherever matter is.