Thursday, April 07, 2016
Simple Answers
For as long as I can remember I've tried to live by two principals. The first is a quote from Plato:"Opinions without knowledge are shameful and ugly things". The second is a quote from ken hatch: "There are no simple answers to complex problems, if there were it wouldn't be a problem". I ran across a cartoon today that encapsulates the second quote.
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Excellent.
ReplyDeleteI note the path to wrong answer is flat, short, and goes to a precipice while the other path is long and climbing.
Sylvain
Sylvain,
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty much life.
Once the Great Communicator fed his tribe the monkey brains 40 or so years ago what we see today is the inevitable result.
ken
Ha! Great cartoon, Ken. And highly relevant to current events. ;)
ReplyDeleteI actually think this is sometimes wrong (really), but the explanation is complex. The simple explanation is that in some specific situations a simple answer is optimal, but good simple answers require an understanding of the complex answer. :)
ReplyDeleteI actually think this is sometimes wrong (really), but the explanation is complex. The simple explanation is that in some specific situations a simple answer is optimal, but good simple answers require an understanding of the complex answer. :)
ReplyDeleteI actually think this is sometimes wrong (really), but the explanation is complex. The simple explanation is that in some specific situations a simple answer is optimal, but good simple answers require an understanding of the complex answer. :)
ReplyDeleteSteve,
ReplyDeleteThanks, I've put it over my desk at work....The folks that need it will understand but that's OK.
ken
Andy,
ReplyDeleteThe best illustration is known as "Ockham's Razor" but slightly different in it states "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected." Slightly different than saying we should have a flat tax or we should stop undocumented folks and/or ship 'em all out.
ken