Some people revel in complexity, and what’s worse they have the brain power to deal with vast systems of arcane equations. This ability can be a handicap because it leads to overlooking simple solutions.
It’s from a posting of his on the CSGNET mailing list some years ago (as are various other gems of his I’ve extracted to post here). I don’t have a more precise citation than that.
William T. Powers
Do you have any sourcing for this quote? I’d like to stick it in the DNB FAQ but I try to keep everything there cited.
It’s from a posting of his on the CSGNET mailing list some years ago (as are various other gems of his I’ve extracted to post here). I don’t have a more precise citation than that.
And the CSGNET mailing list archives are incomplete so I can’t even search for it… ಠ_ಠ