Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 16, 2009

If that’s so, I’m not looking forward to the synthesis …

hmmmm……true…

Do you get fries with that?

(At the risk of injecting an unwanted political left/right diatribe) ANY politician would pay for one of those.

“It’s gods will”.

“There are no simple answers”, he said simplistically.

The power of the human mind comes from the ability to compress vast amounts of knowledge into simple principles. The Declaration of Independence. Einstein’s energy equation. Plate tectonics. That’s how we deal with a world of infinite details using a mind of finite capacity.

The alternative to simplifying principles is to keep bumping into trees while denying the existence of forests, let alone of botany.

“It’s Darwin’s fault.”

If the lens is round, why are the pictures square?

Oh for a good old kraut dog with spicy mustard and a schooner of beer.

If the answer isn’t beautiful in its simplicity… it’s probably not the right answer… mmmmmmmm… kraut dog with spicy mustard and a schooner of beer.

I much appreciate pschearer’s input.

However, I would like to point out the distinction between “simple” and “simplistic”.

I would like to… but at the moment I can’t formulate what it might be.

I like the variation on Murphy’s Law:

No matter how complex the problem, there is always a simple, readily understandable, and easy to implement solution that is wrong….

“simplistic answers to complex questions” That is the standard procedure for the gop.

@OrfusJDog

According to wiktionary, “simplistic” means… Overly simple; In a manner that simplifies the issue to a degree where many important details are lost

I think that captures it well.

@DigitalFrog, this is not Murphy’s law:

(1) Murphy’s law is a comment (if possibly dubious) about the universe. This is a comment about human nature.

(2) It is actually a well-known quote from HL Mencken, which goes, “For every complex problem there is an answer that is simple, neat, and wrong.”

Simplistic Answers to Complex Questions: Tax cuts, Vouchers and De-regulation.

(I’ve heard this somewhere before…)

I’ll have a simple brat with mustard and onions, please…

I’ll see your dog and beer and raise you a hot pretzel.

after reading all this… WHERE IS THE ROACH COACH!

Common sense is fat-free.

Mathematicians think deeply of simple things.

I think simply (simplistically) of deep things…

Make that a grilled garlic brat on extra sourdough , heavy on the spicy mustard please .

Here’s your tip…save your money hard times are coming soon .

That sign on the cart reminds me very much of many of the comments posted on GoComics….

Kraut dog, spicy mustard and a schooner of beer? Well, I know what I’m having for dinner this evening.

Just don’t care about it.

Still there’s nothing better than Occam’s Razor for cutting through the undergrowth.

a schooner of beer????

Sign me up! The last time I had a rowboat of beer and that wasn’t enough …. I hope it won’t take a battleship! :o

@Digital frog

I recently learned that Murphy’s law wasn’t named after Murphy. Apparently it was named after another Irishman of the same name.

complex answer.