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Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Alfred North Whitehead
Simplicity, Distrust

The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it.

Alfred North Whitehead
Simplicity, Philosopher, Motto
Alfred North Whitehead (2015). “The Concept of Nature: Tarner Lectures”, p.104, Cambridge University Press

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

Alfred North Whitehead
Creativity, Science, Simplicity
The Concept of Nature ch. 7 (1920)

...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.

Alfred North Whitehead
Simplicity, Sides, Found

The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts... Seek simplicity and distrust it.

Alfred North Whitehead
Simplicity, Statistics, Facts
Alfred North Whitehead (2013). “The Concept of Nature”, p.163, Courier Corporation

Seek simplicity, then distrust.

Alfred North Whitehead
Simplicity, Distrust

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