shokwave comments on Rationality Quotes July 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shokwave 04 July 2011 04:55:30PM 4 points [-]

Substitute understanding for complexity, maybe? I got the sense he was saying that simplifying before having a full understanding isn't valuable; but simplifying after a full understanding, having a simple model that still accurately describes the world, is extremely valuable.