K.I.S.S.!
KISS is Keep It Simple Stupid! Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men. Although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. - Bertrand Russell. I have shared with people this principle before, some thought I was joking, others do not understand. It is a popular maxim used as a reminder to avoid any unnecessary complexity. The theory or hypothesis with the minimum of assumption wins. Of the equivalent theories and/or explanations with all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred. Instructions and function creeps when KISS principle fails. Why do you put your right hand across the back of your head in order to scratch an itch on the nose? Things should never be made to be more complex or more complicated than they need to be. You have to understand in no uncertain term that you should never add something that is not required. Albert EInstein's maxim was that "anythi...