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I don't think that's a cognitive bias. We should be inherently more suspicious of complex ideas. Complex ideas are more likely to be wrong than simple ideas due
by harryh 11y ago
I don't think that's a cognitive bias. We should be inherently more suspicious of complex ideas. Complex ideas are more likely to be wrong than simple ideas due to the fact that their correctness rests on a greater number of assumptions.
- rayiner 11y agoI think there is an interesting parallel to code here. Its not uncommon for published algorithms to be ignored by practitioners in favor of simpler ones because of the perception that they are too complicated with too many corner cases. SSA-PRE comes to mind.
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