Also perhaps why the evolved pattern of death is important: a subnetwork is selected in a brain, which is suited to a specific geological, physical, biological and cognitive environment that the brain is navigating. But when the environment shifts beneath the organisim (as culture does and the living world in general does), then the subnetwork is no longer the correct one, and needs to be reinitialized.
Or in other words, even in an information theoretic sense, it's true: you can't teach a old dogs new tricks. You need a new dog.
Or in other words, even in an information theoretic sense, it's true: you can't teach a old dogs new tricks. You need a new dog.