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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 26 January 2012 11:06:52PM 10 points [-]

Gall's law:

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.

Comment author: p4wnc6 15 May 2012 11:22:12PM 5 points [-]

This might lead us to contemplate the most terrifying and unthinkable proposition yet, not named anywhere else on this thread -- that, perhaps, Stephen Wolfram was right!