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The phrase "Simplicity es the ultimate sophistication", quotated to
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For that to be the case things would have to be simple and in and of them self, and given that simplicity is a category of the human mind that is not the case. There are fundamental philosophical issues here.
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The golden mean and it's formla is simple and easy to explain, it's attractiveness is not. Why it's appealing is a irrelevant to it's simplicity.
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Think about this sentence though - "although its really simple, its very difficult to understand". Well its not simple then is it?
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