There isn't merely one vector in which superior programmers are superior, there are many; see the Feynman example. Your search for simplicity is misplaced, I be

There isn't merely one vector in which superior programmers are superior, there are many; see the Feynman example. Your search for simplicity is misplaced, I believe. Nobody's said there aren't unsolvable problems, the question was whether nearly every massive failed software project (and they're common) represented such a thing - obviously no.