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When they say "simplicity" what they mean is something more like "deterministic processes."

• hammock 10y ago
  Deterministic is a side effect/quality of simple processes, but that's not the point. The point is "a single break in the chain will undermine its entire function" To use the brain example. Imagine crossing a forest, daily, every day of your whole life. At first you're bushwhacking randomly. Eventually you build a trail. And the brush is allowed to grow thicker around the trail, as it's untrodden. That trail which aids you now is also a weakness of the system. If it were to get washed out or obstructed, you wouldn't know/have no where else to go. Likewise with neural pathways.