[JayNorth]

Returning to an intelligent state?
“...intelligent state?” As in state of being.

I thought that to return to an intelligent state you would have had to have at some point in the past been in an "intelligent state".

[pallis]

“...have had to have at some point in the past been in an “intelligent state”.”

LOL!
Sometimes my brain could use a little intelligence. I thought you were editing, and I missed your point.