I think simplicity is desired by our subconscious brain and complexity is desired by our conscious brain. They are constantly fighting for control if we think about it.
I’ve noticed this myself in a small but clear example. I sing songs to my son every night before bed. Nothing complicated but nursery rhymes and things like that. After singing the songs a few times I no longer have to consciously think about them they just come out because the subconscious is taking control of that process. It’s a fascinating thing to experience! I can then sing the song while also thinking about one of the tasks I need to do after he goes to bed. It’s really interesting to experience it because my mouth and singing is doing something entirely different compared to my conscious brain thinking about getting the laundry out of the dryer.
Really interesting stuff but I think it’s why we crave simplicity as well as complexity. The regions of our brain combating for control!
Yes, that's a great way to put it and a great example! I definitely didn't see it that way before with both sides of the brain seeking seemingly opposite aspects. Maybe that's why there's always some friction with our decision making process.
Your example reminds me of early childhood, where we learn to do many things automatically after having incorporated them through constant practice. Walking, for instance, may be a good example. It's definitely fascinating that we can still do such things in our adulthood, opens up a new range of possibilities for me :)
Thank you for the insightful comment :)
Cheers! I've learned to appreciate a lot of the complexities, no pun intended, of life and the brain is one of the most complex things! We have a super computer sitting on top of our shoulders that's for sure. As much as these crazy technocrats want to make us think, our bodies are absolutely unreal and incredibly complex machines. A robot may be stronger in some ways and AI smarter in others but there's so many things that our body does subconsciously it's wild when we understand it more! All that and it didn't get "technology" to make it so!
Definitely! It will probably take a million years for technology to reach that level lol. Even if AGI comes about, there will be many aspects of human nature that it wouldn't understand, simply because it will be missing the know how to understand such complexities, trying make sense of them from a purely rational perspective :)