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Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary biology
  • Cognitive science
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Wildness is conceptualized as a crucial interactive processing quality for survival in natural environments.
  • Cognitive interests in art, music, religion, and philosophy are proposed as mechanisms for enhancing internal and external interactive quality.
  • Parsimony, or the simplification of organized skills, is identified as a method to improve interactive quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the link between improving interactive quality for wildness and cognitive human interests.
  • To discuss the evolutionary significance of parsimony and its role in enhancing survival.
  • To propose a mechanism for the production and measurement of the internal parsimony desire.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis linking wildness, interactive quality, and cognitive pursuits.
  • Discussion of parsimony's importance in evolution and skill organization.
  • Proposal of a neurobiological mechanism for the parsimony desire based on limbic system activity.

Main Results:

  • Interactive quality, essential for wildness and survival, can be enhanced through parsimony.
  • Cognitive interests may represent internal efforts to improve interactive quality.
  • A desire for parsimony, associated with joy, is linked to stimulating subcortical pleasure centers in the limbic system.

Conclusions:

  • Improving interactive quality via parsimony is fundamental for survival and cognitive development.
  • The parsimony desire, measurable through neurobiological indicators, may drive the pursuit of understanding and insight.
  • This framework integrates concepts of wildness, cognition, and neurobiology through the principle of parsimony.