Until there is some reliable way of comparing the complexity of two things, when people say something is “complex” what they usually mean is that they don’t like it or it’s unfamiliar.
Or better yet, your complexity is incidental, mine is essential. I was forced to make it complex, you did it because you’re not trying hard enough!
As Rich Hickey’s dictionary reminds us, to complect is to entwine together things better left separate. If you aren’t using the word in this sense, if you aren’t identifying the specific concepts which are complected but should be separated, you’re using fancy words to say you don’t like something. I’ve noticed we tend to do that, a lot.
I’m very wary of doing this in my own thinking, personally. It’s okay to just not like something, and it’s more honest just to say so than to use objective-sounding words in an attempt make it about something other than one’s own taste.
Or better yet, your complexity is incidental, mine is essential. I was forced to make it complex, you did it because you’re not trying hard enough!
As Rich Hickey’s dictionary reminds us, to complect is to entwine together things better left separate. If you aren’t using the word in this sense, if you aren’t identifying the specific concepts which are complected but should be separated, you’re using fancy words to say you don’t like something. I’ve noticed we tend to do that, a lot.
I’m very wary of doing this in my own thinking, personally. It’s okay to just not like something, and it’s more honest just to say so than to use objective-sounding words in an attempt make it about something other than one’s own taste.