Am I trying to solve a problem with a formula more complicated than the problem itself?
This originally comes from Thoreau’s Walden (1854), via an opinion piece by Verlyn Klinkenborg published last week titled, The Cost of Smarts..
Am I trying to solve a problem with a formula more complicated than the problem itself?
This originally comes from Thoreau’s Walden (1854), via an opinion piece by Verlyn Klinkenborg published last week titled, The Cost of Smarts..
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That article is great — seeing intelligence as a means to an end.
I think there’s a similar theme in the science fiction novel “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card.