To the extent that this is comparable to the branching pattern of a tree (which is a comparison you make in the post), I would argue that it increases rather than lessens the reason to worry: much like a tree’s branch structure is chaotic, messy, and overall high-entropy, I expect human values to look similar, and therefore not really encompass any kind of natural category.
Bit of a side-note, but the high entropy of tree branching comes from trees using the biological equivalent of random number generators when “deciding” when/whether to form a branch. The distribution of branch length-ratios/counts/angles is actually fairly simple and stable, and is one of the main characteristics which makes particular tree species visually distinctive. See L-systems for the basics, or speedtree for the industrial-grade version (and some really beautiful images).
It’s that distribution which is the natural abstraction—i.e. the distribution summarizes information about branching which is relevant to far-away trees of the same species.
Bit of a side-note, but the high entropy of tree branching comes from trees using the biological equivalent of random number generators when “deciding” when/whether to form a branch. The distribution of branch length-ratios/counts/angles is actually fairly simple and stable, and is one of the main characteristics which makes particular tree species visually distinctive. See L-systems for the basics, or speedtree for the industrial-grade version (and some really beautiful images).
It’s that distribution which is the natural abstraction—i.e. the distribution summarizes information about branching which is relevant to far-away trees of the same species.