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[−]cadamsdotcom · 2026-11-14 Sat 23:45 UTC · link
What makes you say it's accidental?
[−]datadrivenangel · 2026-11-15 Sun 05:49 UTC · link
accidental complexity versus essential complexity.
[−]cadamsdotcom · 2026-11-15 Sun 06:32 UTC · link
Yep the distinction is well understood. I didn't do a great job making it clear.

I'm asking what op believes is accidental complexity. If it was reducible we would've surely done so by now?