The explosion of pathological complexity in the Cambrian period led to the evolution of a proximate 'common currency' for efficient decision-making, which allowed for fitness-maximizing action selection by assigning values to competing actions on a common scale of hedonic valence.

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  Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory

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• pathological complexity thesis concept
• action selection concept