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jonwinstanley · 2022-01-26 16:24:23

So true, we take the complexity for granted. It's actually a really hard problem.

yters | karma 3268 | avg karma 0.71 · | 2018-02-25 05:37:59

We don't realize how complex a lot of the simple things are.

vitabenes | karma 5721 | avg karma 7.21 · | 2021-08-08 04:40:39

In principle, it's simple. In reality, it gets complex and hard.

konschubert | karma 7289 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2019-10-27 07:29:15

You are right, it's always more complex than it seems on first glance.

ori_b | karma 9608 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2019-03-08 08:10:26+00:00

It's also a huge amount of complexity.

jzig | karma 885 | avg karma 4.04 · | 2021-11-05 10:29:13

Kind of silly title. I think complexity makes anything more difficult.

Tepix | karma 11535 | avg karma 2.3 · | 2015-10-20 10:18:49+00:00

What's that complexity that you are implying?

Azkar | karma 163 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2016-04-06 21:13:03+00:00

Every time I've thought a task to be easy, it always has some sort of hidden complexity that I didn't think about.

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2023-04-11 21:32:12

Yes, it's complicated.

Dylan16807 | karma 31639 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2021-10-06 02:56:58

The problem is it's not simple.

orbital-decay | karma 4175 | avg karma 3.66 · | 2018-08-06 16:05:44+00:00

Simple is harder than complex, as always.

bombcar | karma 42761 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2021-03-05 16:29:22+00:00

It's insanely complex - one of those problems that is easy to state and nearly impossible to solve (which means there's opportunity here).

oblio | karma 25694 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2019-08-24 10:15:15

You're assuming that all complexity is tractable (especially with that lawyer remark). Some things are just hard or time consuming.

zeveb | karma 8317 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2017-12-19 21:18:08

Some things really are complex. Most things really do require understanding.

simonw | karma 58201 | avg karma 7.31 · | 2023-10-14 10:54:35

Definitely not simple. If it was simple we would have solved it already!

aaronem | karma 2371 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2015-06-15 13:08:37+00:00

Some complexity is essential, and not everything is easy. Pretending otherwise is a great way to end up sorry.

hvidgaard | karma 3256 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2020-02-10 06:45:27

Unless we simplify it significantly, it's surprisingly hard to do. And completely irrelevant anyway.

hutzlibu | karma 9787 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2023-12-19 09:18:29

"Like it’s got to be much more complex than we imagine."

That is, how it usually is ..

TickleSteve | karma 1934 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2015-05-29 05:54:23

well said.

Its difficult making complicated things seem simple.

ouid | karma 3609 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2017-06-19 23:11:02+00:00

It's at least as complicated as all of mathematics, in the worst case.