The Edge of Chaos
An interesting study lending support to the idea that life, and our brains, operate at the fractal edge of stability and chaos.
While some scientists believe the brain works with inputs and outputs (sort of like a computer), others -- including Beggs -- suggest it experiences the world by floating fluidly around this "chaotic" point. Presumably, such flux helps brains fulfill very important brain duties. A research paper published last month in Physical Review Letters, for instance, states the critical point offers brains a "desirable trade-off between linearity, optimal for information storage, and nonlinearity, required for computation."
https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/features/your-brain-operates-at-the-edge-of-chaos-why-thats-actually-a-good-thing/