[oneeyedpigeon]

I love that apart from the "Some can avoid it" bit — feels out of place with the rest. Who's "some"? Pithy slogans often come in three parts rather than four; I love the overall message, I think I'd just prefer it with that 25% removed.

[blake8086]

You're a genius.

[bryanrasmussen]

I think this is a funny thing on several levels - one you see the part that doesn't fit so you remove it making you the genius - in this way it's a nice motivational poster level thought.

But you could be a some. But if you were a some it would mean that there was no possibility of actually removing the some from the statement because it actually did describe accurately that there were somes that could avoid it.

So it is sort of a Gödelian joke.

[B1FF_PSUVM]

I'd be leery of messing with Perlis, but then again, most popular quotes are misquotes. Carry on ...

[leoc]

No, he's a some ...

[hunter2_]

I was thinking pragmatist, tbh (albeit one seeking to remove or avoid, without having achieved it yet)

[stemlord]

I read it as

"Some can manage to get the thing done by avoiding the complexity, geniuses remove the complexity for everyone"

[patrec]

> Who's "some"?

Charles H. Moore, e.g. -- the 25% pulls its weight.