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” The beauty in this is simplicity, once the plan is to complex anything can go wrong. ” – Walter in The Big Lebowski
why did Walter day this, is it because it is simple just with plan A and B, because having A B C D E etc, is to complex and anything go wrong, I love the quote because of simplicity theory (occam’s razor) so I am letting you dudes decide, what do you guys think about this quote.?
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I agree with the simplicity idea.
Here’s an example: You want to pop a balloon with a pushpin. OK, so there’s a chance it’s a cheap pushpin, so you only have to deal with the handle coming off.
Now you decide to improve on that by dabbing a drop of glue. Now you’re risking gluing your fingers. And you’re still risking the handle coming off. Improve it by adding a long handle and tie it to the pushpin. Now you’re risking the string breaking or getting loose, the stick breaking, gluing your fingers, and the handle coming off. Improve it by putting a grip on the new, long handle. Now you’re risking the grip being loose, the string breaking or getting loose, the stick breaking, gluing your fingers, and the handle coming off. On and on.
Any of us who have had to diagnose a wifi connection issue know this too well. There are so many variables it can drive you crazy.
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[quote quote=38941]” The beauty in this is simplicity, once the plan is to complex anything can go wrong. ” – Walter in The Big Lebowski
why did Walter day this, is it because it is simple just with plan A and B, because having A B C D E etc, is to complex and anything go wrong, I love the quote because of simplicity theory (occam’s razor) so I am letting you dudes decide, what do you guys think about this quote.?
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This exactly. Keeping things simple (if possible), seems like the best way to go. Hard to think of when that’s not the best option. 🙂 -
“It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. It is the same for anything that is called a Way. Therefore, it is inconsistent to hear something of the Way of Confucius or the Way of the Buddha, and say that this is the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.”
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
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I’ve always liked that statement. Of course one must remember that Walter did over complicate. The uzi, the “whites”, keeping the baksheesh aa well as throwing himself out of a car with said uzi did overcomplicate the plan.
So in statement I whole heartedly agree. As to Walter’s plan… a Swiss fuckin’ Watch.
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