The reverse where people project insane complexity onto everything they don't understand is also true and common. You see this all the time where people on HN,

The reverse where people project insane complexity onto everything they don't understand is also true and common. You see this all the time where people on HN, Reddit, wherever, will act as though roughing in the plumbing and electrical for a home addition is comparable in complexity and fraught with similar nuances as doing all the process electrical and plumbing for an industrial facility when it very much not.