Complexity and understandability are very difficult to separate. If a coding style is unknown / bizarre to most coders on a team, but beautifully simple to a fe

Complexity and understandability are very difficult to separate. If a coding style is unknown / bizarre to most coders on a team, but beautifully simple to a few who know the technique, which is it? There should be a balance between teaching new ideas, and acknowledging the truth of what people are comfortable with.