All that we notice, all that we move toward, and everything with which we form relationships, has been bequeathed to us by evolution – by qualiadelic selection.
If what we notice is good for survival, then what we sense is carried on down through the generations in our genes – what works gets passed on to those who survive.
When things fall apart, we look for new qualia, and it is always there when we need it, because we have the intelligence to notice, to move toward, and to form relationships with qualia.
A one-celled creature moving toward the light is using intelligence just as a human moving toward enlightenment is using intelligence — and both endure because of it. All matter, and all manner of life, move toward the qualia which supports them.