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Human intelligence serves policymakers by providing a unique window into our targets ' most guarded intentions , plans , and programs . It is sometimes argued that their function is to intensify the meaning of the quest for the white whale , but it is just as clearly evident that the fable of the white whale provides Melville ( or Ishmael , his deputy ) with the opportunity to expound on whales in general ; the fiction of Moby-Dick may thus be the attractive packaging of Melville 's deeper intentions . In this idiom , a query does not return an answer directly , but causes the formation of an intention in the recipient to send an inform message ( containing the answer ) to the sender of the query . For example , consider the problem of mind / brain interaction : when it comes down to it , dualists cannot explain how non-material mind content ( an intention to act , for example ) is transmitted to the physical brain , and , in turn , to the body ( in an actual action ) . Whatever the practice , as long as there is an intention to know yourself through it , and the commitment to see the process through , almost any activity can become an opportunity for learning about yourself . Meanwhile , Mr Swiveller , on the top of the stool , drew himself into as flat a shape as possible against the wall , and looked , not unconcernedly , down upon the single gentleman , who appeared at the door growling and cursing in a very awful manner , and , with the boots in his hand , seemed to have an intention of hurling them down stairs on speculation . Under opacity , the signaling of resolve takes a variety of tacit forms : intentions can be transmitted indirectly by , for example , passing them through intermediaries . Students may indicate an intention of majoring in social work at any point during the early part of their academic career by declaring a pre-social work major . Much public discourse on the issue is guided by the untested assumption that all forms of private sector activity in countries at war are malevolent in effect , if not also intention .