DanielLC comments on Say Not "Complexity" - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 August 2007 04:22AM

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Comment author: TheatreAddict 08 July 2011 05:42:27PM 2 points [-]

I think I just thought of an insanely over-simplified analogy.

Say I'm not invited to my best friend's sleepover and I don't understand why. I call her, and the answer she gives me is: "It's complicated."

The situation might indeed be complicated, but the word complicated is just a fake explanation... :D Amiright, guys?

Comment author: DanielLC 06 August 2011 04:45:50AM 1 point [-]

That sounds to me more like a reason not to explain. If it's complicated, it will take a while.