Is There a Gurdel Type of Limits?

There might be like the principal limits as to how far we can look at the substrates, like Gurdelian type of limits. It may be really hard for us to recognize new kinds of intelligence. So if you were smart enough to ask yourself, do I live in a cold, mechanical universe that doesn't care what happens to me? OrDo I live in some sort of mindful bigger picture universe where there's a bigger picture in a grand design of some sort?