There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right ... Or put it another way, "The future of computer power is pure simplicity."

More from The Salmon of Doubt

• All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
• My favourite piece of information is that Branwell Brontë, brother of Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against a mantle piece, in order to prove it could be done.
• ‘Stotting’ is jumping upward with all four legs simultaneously. My advice: do not die until you’ve seen a large black poodle stotting in the snow.
• The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I’d written both of them.
• We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.
• A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.