Oversimplifying Complex Problems
Discussions focus on how claiming simple solutions or views for complex problems often reveals shallow understanding, with references to quotes like 'simple, clear, and wrong' answers and challenges in explaining complexity simply.
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a common way that people reveal they doesn't understand a hard, complex problem is calling it simple and proposing some basic solution
If you find yourself saying or thinking "It's so simple why don't people understand" with regard to a political or social issue, there's a good chance you don't fully understand the issue.
If you find yourself saying or thinking "It's so simple why don't people understand" with regard to a political or social issue, there's a good chance you don't fully understand the issue.
The difficulty of explaining complex concepts in a way that a laymen can understand is underappreciated.
Simple solutions to complex problems often aren't solutions at all.
Because they’re not in fact simple problems?
Apparently this is something so complex that the big brains here cannot wrap their heads around no matter how smart and informed they think they are.
It's human nature to try to understand things. And the best way to do that is to simplify the issue. But some things just cant be simplified.
Sometimes people know enough to see things as merely complicated.They usually can't adequately explain why in a single forum comment.
you two are discussing separate sides of the same coin. or to clarify:people with a naive understanding of a problem will always feel like people who don't design solutions that are overly complex.people with a deeper understanding of a problem will always feel like people who don't design solutions that are overly simplistic.