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>>Simplification also dumbs down, stunts the mind. Citation needed? Simplification is itself an act of intelligence. Removing complexity is difficult. Einstei

>>Simplification also dumbs down, stunts the mind. Citation needed? Simplification is itself an act of intelligence. Removing complexity is difficult. Einstein, Feynman, Newton, and innumerable others are lauded for simplifying enormously complex ideas to the point of comprehension by the masses. Oversimplifying is bad, because it implies lost information. Simplification itself is a form of sophisticated articulation. More efficient representations of numbers are generally associated with better performance in math, historically. Roman numerals being a prime example of unnecessary complexity, compared to the maths being done by Indian people, and so on. Civilization tends to abandon conventions that are superseded in advantage. Making things more difficult to formulate for structural reasons unrelated to the problem at hand is inefficient. Having inefficient numbering in language is wasted energy at best.

bhk 5y ago
> Simplification is itself an act of intelligence Obfuscation is an act of counterintelligence.
markdown 5y ago
> Simplification is itself an act of intelligence. For the people who simplified things (Einstein, Feynman, Newton). For anyone who never had to learn or have anything to do with the more complicated system before it was simplified, it most certainly isn't an act of intelligence.
- marchingtomars 5y ago
  Wouldn't take the word on "intelligence" from someone who ignorantly conflates Alex Jones with Dr. Tyrone Hayes [1]. You sir, sound most unintelligent, arrogant, and most uninformed (Except by approved media sources-- I'm sure you accept everything hook, line, and sinker without critical analysis) [1] https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/tyrone-b-hayes https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/tyrone-b-hayes
somewhereoutth 5y ago
Indeed! "I wanted to write you a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time"

bhk 5y ago

> Simplification is itself an act of intelligence Obfuscation is an act of counterintelligence.

markdown 5y ago

> Simplification is itself an act of intelligence. For the people who simplified things (Einstein, Feynman, Newton). For anyone who never had to learn or have anything to do with the more complicated system before it was simplified, it most certainly isn't an act of intelligence.

marchingtomars 5y ago
Wouldn't take the word on "intelligence" from someone who ignorantly conflates Alex Jones with Dr. Tyrone Hayes [1]. You sir, sound most unintelligent, arrogant, and most uninformed (Except by approved media sources-- I'm sure you accept everything hook, line, and sinker without critical analysis) [1] https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/tyrone-b-hayes https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/tyrone-b-hayes

somewhereoutth 5y ago

Indeed! "I wanted to write you a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time"