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> Any complex question gets a complex answer. Oh, but complexity is just another word for ignorance. There's a reason that mankind didn't learn to fly by mimic
by Retra 12y ago
> Any complex question gets a complex answer.
Oh, but complexity is just another word for ignorance. There's a reason that mankind didn't learn to fly by mimicking birds -- it's because you don't solve a complex problem by mimicking complexity.
- sergiosgc 12y agoYour point being...?
- Retra 12y agoThe complexity of a problem doesn't tell you anything at all about the complexity of a solution. Many problems that we face are "angels dancing on pins"-type problems, where the only 'complexity' involved is all the hoops you have to jump through to defend a flawed perspective. And on the other hand we have these coin-flip-prediction problems that only demand one bit of information, but are completely intractable by our most advanced methods. Complexity is not a useful way to think about problem solving. Nobody solves complex problems.