When there appears to be more than one possible solution to a
problem, the simplest is most likely to be correct.
problem, the simplest is most likely to be correct.
Related:
- Solution: A more subtle problem.
- The simplest and most beautiful answer to a problem is inevitably wrong.
- The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the most likely to be correct.
- The person who considers five or six possible solutions to a problem is more apt to find the right answer than the person who only considers one or two.
- A super-saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold.
- PL/1, "the fatal disease", belongs more
to the problem set than to the solution set.
-- E.W. Dijkstra... - Use the simplest solution which suffices.
