I understand what the OP is saying—adding complexity to the model helps win arguments. On the other hand I might also accept the strong statement ‘people tend to ‘oversimplify’ things’, or the weak statement ‘people do not always overcomplicate things’, and from the second statement it follows that adding complexity isn’t always a bad thing, and so whether or not it’s right might very well be a judgement call. (This is my understanding of Lou’s comment.)
Sometimes people start conversation around weird ideas whose merits (aside from being interesting to talk about) aren’t clear, and you might not too many of your conversations hijacked by memes that you find to be weird premises… On the other hand, it’s also polite/sometimes useful to interact with other people’s model/s.
I understand what the OP is saying—adding complexity to the model helps win arguments. On the other hand I might also accept the strong statement ‘people tend to ‘oversimplify’ things’, or the weak statement ‘people do not always overcomplicate things’, and from the second statement it follows that adding complexity isn’t always a bad thing, and so whether or not it’s right might very well be a judgement call. (This is my understanding of Lou’s comment.)
Sometimes people start conversation around weird ideas whose merits (aside from being interesting to talk about) aren’t clear, and you might not too many of your conversations hijacked by memes that you find to be weird premises… On the other hand, it’s also polite/sometimes useful to interact with other people’s model/s.