would consciousness not be better associated with will than intelligence?

Well I didn't discuss my theory of intelligence directly in the article. How closely intelligence and conscious are linked is not quite obvious to me yet. And this post was mostly used to help me explore the idea of consciousness a little more myself. I do not want to pretend like I am an expert on the subject.

Intelligence, so much has been said on this subject. I hope you will persue it before hobbling together your own definition

I have read extensively on the topic of intelligence; and will be dedicating most of my Ph.D thesis to the topic. I did not "hobble" together my own definition. I feel as though everyone's definition at the moment is insufficient and does not explain the fundamental aspect of the nature of intelligence; so I am going to construct my own. I have discussed it with various professors and have yet to find a hole in it. I am confident it will at least provoke conversation.

The Universe is an infinitely dense point of information. A super amplitude of probability, along which time dilates giving rise to the cascading state collapse of "now". Consciousness models this phenomena

I like this perspective a lot. Very interesting way to look at it.

we did not evolve [in the first place] consciousness evolved (we are its vessel.)

Well yes. I agree. As I state in the article, I believe consciousness both develops and evolves.

Thanks for your thoughtful response.