RichardKennaway comments on Rationality quotes - May 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 21 May 2009 06:37:44PM 9 points [-]

Some people revel in complexity, and what's worse they have the brain power to deal with vast systems of arcane equations. This ability can be a handicap because it leads to overlooking simple solutions.

William T. Powers

Comment author: gwern 28 February 2011 06:09:16PM *  0 points [-]

Do you have any sourcing for this quote? I'd like to stick it in the DNB FAQ but I try to keep everything there cited.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 28 February 2011 08:36:10PM 0 points [-]

It's from a posting of his on the CSGNET mailing list some years ago (as are various other gems of his I've extracted to post here). I don't have a more precise citation than that.

Comment author: gwern 28 February 2011 09:32:06PM *  0 points [-]

And the CSGNET mailing list archives are incomplete so I can't even search for it... ಠ_ಠ

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