Another relevant point is the common anecdote about, eg, some master engineer who gets paid big bucks to come fix some problem that's been blocking up a factory for weeks. The engineer walks around, listens to a few of the machines, and then walks up to one of the machines and knocks it with his elbow Fonzi style and the factory starts running again. The factory boss is happy his factory is working, but annoyed that he paid so much for such an "easy" solution.
Ie, the amount of input and processing required to produce the "right" 10 bits might be far larger than 10 bits. Another obvious example is chess. The amount of bits conveyed by each move is small but, if you want to make the right move, you should probably put some deeper thought into it.
Humans are essentially organisms that collect and filter information, boil it down to a condensed soup of understanding, and emit a light sprinkle of carefully chosen bits intended to reshape the future towards their desires.
filtering and _acting_ on this condensed information.
For example: lighting strucks a tree, a fire starts. Man is scared but that night is very cold and near the tree is warmer. This happens a few times, und a branch falls and it is collected , incidentally is thrown on another pile of wood , starts burning -> idea of fire is formulated and since them man keeps warm.
Or: man finds shiny things in a river bed, collects them, one day the whole shack burns from lighting, and discovers that the shiny thigs are now in a different shape -> metal working is born.
Ie, the amount of input and processing required to produce the "right" 10 bits might be far larger than 10 bits. Another obvious example is chess. The amount of bits conveyed by each move is small but, if you want to make the right move, you should probably put some deeper thought into it.
Humans are essentially organisms that collect and filter information, boil it down to a condensed soup of understanding, and emit a light sprinkle of carefully chosen bits intended to reshape the future towards their desires.