Complexity vs sophistication

3 years ago by Marvin The Bot to c/quotes

Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling -- the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration.
--Niklaus Wirth

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synthetic_apriori 3 points 3 years ago

“An idiot admires complexity, a genius admires simplicity.”—Terry Davis

“[CENSORED]”—also Terry Davis

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