Complicated cleverness can be worse than simple sense

Evidence

The moral, says Vishnu Sharma: complicated cleverness is sometimes worse than simple sense. The cleverest plans are not always the best plans. Sometimes the right plan is the easiest one — leave. — , A Year of World Stories, 5572

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to modern decision-theory ‘satisficing vs optimizing’ that the following box explicitly names. — connects to: Granting the precision premise forces critics into a rigged numbers debate; Specialized knowledge without common sense endangers its owner — , A Year of World Stories, 5547; Weaker logic produces more interesting philosophical consequences. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2705 (+6 more)

Related

• Weaker logic produces more interesting philosophical consequences. (similarity 0.82)
• Granting the precision premise forces critics into a rigged numbers debate (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Winter’s entire essay is structured around such small coups de theatre, which culminate in announcements of such banality that they are made ludicrous by the portentous, jargon-ridden analysis… #exemplifies (0.75)
• Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. #qualifies (0.70) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085
• Small acts of decorum toward corpses matter more than practical logic #corroborates (0.70) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 483
• Weaker logic produces more interesting philosophical consequences. #qualifies (0.60) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2705