Edsger Dijkstra - Simplicity is the hallmark of truth- we should know better,...

Simplicity is the hallmark of truth- we should know better, but complexity continues to have a morbid attraction. When you give for an academic audience a lecture that is crystal clear from alpha to omega, your audience feels cheated and leaves the lecture hall commenting to each other: "That was rather trivial, wasn't it? The sore truth is that complexity sells better.

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Simplicity is the hallmark of truth- we should know better, but complexity continues to have a morbid attraction. When you give for an academic audience a lecture that is crystal clear from alpha to omega, your audience feels cheated and leaves the lecture hall commenting to each other: "That was rather trivial, wasn't it? The sore truth is that complexity sells better. Edsger Dijkstra

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