Simplicity – Gall’s Law
Nick Fellers | May 12, 2009
I came across Gall’s Law on simplicity this AM.
“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”
Build simple.
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Peter Schrappen - May 14th, 2009 1:59 pm
Your post reminds me of Ochman’s Razor: The simplest explanation for a phenomenon is most likely the correct explanation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor
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Dr.White6 reply on May 21st, 2010 8:35 pm:
Reminds me of the old saying “KISS” (Keep it simple stupid).And it stays simple.
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Scott - May 29th, 2009 7:52 pm
In my case conncering Ocman’s Razor/Gall’s Law; The simplest explation will
not work. What to do?
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