Coleman McCormick
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Simplicity is the hallmark of truth β€” 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: β€˜That was rather trivial, wasn’t it.’ The sore truth is that complexity sells better.

β€”Edsger Djikstra

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