Introduction: Two Paradigms of Intelligence  The groundbreaking evolutionary framework for understanding how biological intelligence emerged through five distinct "breakthroughs" is presented in Max Bennett's "A Brief History of Intelligence" (2023), and Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress" (1998) examines the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence and digital consciousness through the lens of cryptographic warfare. Both works address fundamental questions about the nature of intelligence, consciousness, and the relationship between biological and artificial minds, despite being separated by their disciplinary approaches—one is based in neuroscience and evolutionary biology, and the other is based in speculative fiction. This essay examines the philosophical intersections between Bennett's evolutionary neuroscience and Brown's narrative exploration of digital intelligence, revealing how scientific understanding of brain evolution i...