A Time Before Deception "Assumption #2"

Cooper's 2nd refuted Assumption: "Complexity and Sophistication are Superior"

The title of this assumption alone makes it dangerous. It is clear that in countering these assumptions that Cooper intents to counter cultural bias as a means of better understanding. However, in doing so he becomes a victim of his own cultural bias.

Cooper attempts to refute superiority of the terms 'complexity' and 'sophistication.' However, in applying these terms only to the western world (his example is Mozart) he not fails at discounting the necessity of complexity and superiority, but really suggests that these terms are not even considerably applicable to the non western world. He forgets that these terms are subjective and while his intention is pure he falls victim of his own biases. Technically speaking, any thing may be considered at least sophisticated if not complex relative to the group of people being considered, especially by themselves. Furthermore, it seems a completely individual notion, especially concerning the topics at hand, to determine what is and what is not superior.