Why are programs trashy?
First and foremost is the huge number of programs, chunks of information and other impressions stored in our memory which we have to deal with: • We have a substantial number of innate programs that are hard to mold into more advanced and divergent forms. • We have a nearly infinite number of memory traces of the activities of ad hoc programs registered which we have to refer to when relevant problems are encountered. • We have a rich environment which changes constantly. This brings us face to face with new opportunities and dangers and force us to build and maintain a multitude of additional programs, most of them not executed in real life even once. b) Second, in order but not in importance, is the limited capacity of our brain and mind processes responsible for the updating, mending, accommodating and adapting of the supra-programs of the mind. c) The third reason is the built-in strategy of the brain and mind system when confronted with the “impossible mission” of managing real li
