Continuing this post, another part of this is the assumed premise that "larger and more complex truths" are the answer. That might be partially true, as some life has indeed developed more complexity overall in evolution. But as I noted here, that process requires an explosive major transition after which there is a culling process of those complex forms, with some adapting and surviving while others do not. And even the ones that survive need to cull and simplify some of their non-adaptive complex aspects.
For
me it remains to be seen if the type of complexity the developmental
crowd unconsciously accept-the model of hierarchical complexity-is the
most adaptable one given its metaphysical premises. It could be one of
them if we engaged the above evolutionary process by seeing which parts
and premises allow us to adapt to our current crises and which parts do
not. As I suggested, those metaphysical premises do not. And we need to
recognize that there are other forms of complexity that can fill in some
of those gaps, as well as the recognition of when we need to simplify
to address some things instead of complexify. There are also many other
lenses and/or metaphors beside complexity that fit into this overall
picture (metatheory), but when complexity takes the dominant and
hegemonic role it misses them entirely. Not very adaptive at all.
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