“In the eyes of many people, integrative simplicity represents rigidity, dogmatism, and self righteousness, whereas integrative complexity represents flexibility, open-mindedness, and tolerance for diverse viewpoints. In the eyes of others, integrative simplicity represents a willingness to stick by one’s principles, a willingness to persevere, and the ability to distinguish the irrelevant from the relevant, whereas integrative complexity represents wishy-washiness, moral confusion, and even paralysis. […] Good judgment in social and political life does not always require that one think in integratively complex ways. It does require, however, that one have the capacity to think that way and the wisdom to know when to use that capacity.”
- Philip E. Tetlock
I love, love, love social psychology.
