Exactly. I had a feeling this is where your beautifully divergent mind was converging when you used the brilliant battery analogy. Reminds me of this stanza from a poem of mine about contradictions and embracing them.

"Try viewing life as an amusement park
Rides for both thrill seekers and faint-of-heart
Do you see light or only dark
or realize that one cannot exist without another
Contrast and perception
Faith
Purpose and place
Must these be known or just that they exist?
Must a journey have a destination
or would you prefer an endless series of waystations?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
as butterfly effects ripple in all directions"

https://medium.com/channspirations/lifes-contradictions-and-paradoxes-8c99c537a3c0