Introduction to the Proceedings of the 10^th “Complexity-disorder” meeting– Mind, an example of complexity and disorder

MPQ, UPC, CNRS UMR 7162, 10 St. A. Domon and L. Duquet, 75013 Paris, France

Published online: 29 April 2026

Abstract

Mind is an essential part of human activity and the result of a biological object: brain and its neural environment in front of the external nature. Considering both conscious and unconscious activity of mind facing the world during the circadian activity, the analysis reveals a first level of complexity and disorder for humans as well as for animals: the internal image of the complexity and disorder of the external world in the unconscious mind. At the next level, life in tribes or in society interplays different individual minds and such an interference brings a new level of complexity and disorder as observed at worldwide scale. So, which is the reason for society’s stabilization, when it occurs, while divergent minds compete together. The answer arises from the interplay between practical order and external order such as religion. Specific architectures keep the track of this stabilization. This weak societal dynamic equilibrium is strongly perturbed by historical evolution and by the development of successive historical eras. The present high level of technicity means that the future must be in a higher level of complexity and disorder than ever before. Finally, the contributions are introduced.