When you say the word "simplicity" to someone, you are not guaranteed a positive reaction. Because although lexically similar, the words "simplicity" and "simplistic" are really quite different. Take a complex system and remove all the functionality—there you have it! Instant simplicity! But it's not really so. You have rendered a once extremely capable system ... now capable of doing absolutely nothing. Complex system to simplistic system. Not a good thing at all. In the spirit of illustrating my thesis, this post is a truly simplistic discussion of the fundamental distinction between simplicity and simplistic ...
Mr. Brians manages to define "simplistic" with great simplicity.
Posted by maeda at December 18, 2004 03:11 PM