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the art of making complicated things look effortless and effortless things look intentional.
root meaningFrom Greek for adulterated, doctored, deceptively altered
sophistsAncient teachers paid to win any argument convincingly
original insultOnce meant corrupted reasoning, not refined taste
science usageEngineers call complex systems sophisticated, neutrally
the paradoxKnowing which fork matters less than not caring