The simpler, the better. Complications lead to multiplicative chains of unanticipated effects. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

But it remains the case that you know what is wrong with a lot more confidence than you know what is right.

Scientists may be in the business of laughing at their predecessors, but owing to an array of human mental dispositions, few realize that someone will laugh at their beliefs in the (disappointingly near) future.

"As a general rule: the more you institutionalize rules of ethical behavior that should be voluntary (say anti-racism, anti-sexism), the more they will be used as a cover for unethical actions. Moral: remove all diversity rules for the sake of diversity." -