simplicio comments on Rationality Quotes February 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 20 February 2014 02:57:11AM 0 points [-]

On the other hand some things really are complicated.

Comment author: simplicio 21 February 2014 07:21:12PM 5 points [-]

Right, but I think the spirit of the Krugman quote is that complication may be unavoidable, but shouldn't be made into a goal or a badge of honour the way the theorist did. Also that complicatedness is ceteris paribus weak evidence of incorrectness, because of the logic I stated earlier.