Intelligence level

The intelligence level is a theoretical scale set up 2196 by scientist Hydar Barakat with the objective of facilitating the identification of alien life for centuries to come. The scale is based on psychological and sociological observations of the species observed. All living beings studied by the Human United Worlds are subject to it. The objective of such a method is to determine the species that should deserve to be part of the Charter Of Rights and Freedoms Of Sapiens Species.

### Level 0

Level 0 represents a species that is alive without form or consideration for itself or its environment. It is mainly found in prokaryotic species.

### Level 1

Level 1 represents a species that is aware of its environment without being aware of itself. A level 1 species acts for these primary needs and analyzes its environment to survive, but its limited intelligence does not allow it to recognize its own existence.

### Level 2

Level 2 represents an individual who, in addition to being aware of his environment, is aware of himself. A level 2 species is able to think according to a certain free will, even if it only touches decisions that impact its chances of survival.

### Level 3

Level 3 represents an individual who, in addition to possessing the recognitions of the previous levels, is capable of conceiving the potential future of these actions on himself and his environment. These are often more complex organisms which have a certain capacity for learning. They are able to learn from real examples and to assimilate the information received in a critical way.

### Level 4

Level 4 represents, in addition to all the previous tiers, an individual with the ability to reflect on ideas that requires an abstract view of a situation. Level 4 organisms have cognitive abilities high enough to apply principles imagined by their minds. These principles are illustrated in particular by an ability to perform mathematics, invent stories, develop political ideas and religions.

### Level 5

Level 5 represents a species that possesses the ability to suppress its biological position that dominates its mind and think only using the principles that its mind decides. A level 5 species is considered to have complete intellectual free will over its body. He has, for example, the possibility of voluntarily deciding to stop breathing without his body forcing him. He also possesses the ability to control these hormones manually, and suppress all emotion from his mind.

### Level 6

Level 6 represents the theoretical ultimate level attainable by an alien species. In this level the species not only has complete intellectual free will over its body, but is also over its situation. A level 6 species cannot suffer death because it has control over it. It's the same with birth, she can't give birth because she has control over her. In reality, a level 6 species would not have a biological form, which would allow it to see time as a walkable dimension. However, it is impossible to know if such a species would have an impact on the material world at this stage.

*Note : No species higher than level 4 have yet been discovered, which suggests that either it does not exist or that our level of intelligence does not allow us to conceive them.*