Fake simplicity

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.

—H. L. Mencken

Blog posts

• Fake Explanations
• Fake Optimization Criteria
• The Hidden Complexity of Wishes
• Fake Utility Functions
• Passing the Recursive Buck

See also

• Semantic stopsign, Rationalization
• Narrative fallacy
• Complexity of value, Magical categories
• Occam's razor, Detached lever fallacy
• Phlogiston