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I agree with your premise but I don't think you're using the correct terms here. "Complex" and "complicated" are synonyms as far as I can tell. What you're des
by PsylentKnight 6y ago
I agree with your premise but I don't think you're using the correct terms here. "Complex" and "complicated" are synonyms as far as I can tell.
What you're describing sounds like "essential complexity" vs. "accidental complexity." See "No Silver Bullet."
Sorry, this is pedantic, but using the incorrect terms adds accidental complexity to a topic that is already essentially complex. ;)
- pansa2 6y ago> "Complex" and "complicated" are synonyms as far as I can tell. No. Complex is the opposite of simple. Complicated is the opposite of easy. Simple and easy aren’t synonyms - see the talk by Rich Hickey linked in a sibling comment.
- PsylentKnight 6y agoI was going off the Webster definitions of these words, which do not make this distinction in their antonyms. They both seem to be the opposite of simple. The opposite of easy would be "hard" or "difficult". I understand there is no definitive source for English, but what is your source on that? Is it Rich Hickey? Because I don't think he has the authority to change the definitions of common English words.
- knubie 6y agoNo. Hard / difficult is the opposite of easy. See the talk by Rich Hickey linked in a sibling comment.