I'm not the person you're responding to, and perhaps it was their tone more than their content that you're replying to, but...
I think there's a lot of value in a KISS philosophy, and using the simplest most accessible algorithms possible. I don't think that's anti-intellectual so much as minimalist. Less charitably, one could say that reaching for something more complex than is needed is navel gazing or gate keeping.
I'm far from an expert on the topic, so I'm not trying to assert if either of you is more correct than the other as far as what the more appropriate model is.
I'm not the person you're responding to, and perhaps it was their tone more than their content that you're replying to, but...
I think there's a lot of value in a KISS philosophy, and using the simplest most accessible algorithms possible. I don't think that's anti-intellectual so much as minimalist. Less charitably, one could say that reaching for something more complex than is needed is navel gazing or gate keeping.
I'm far from an expert on the topic, so I'm not trying to assert if either of you is more correct than the other as far as what the more appropriate model is.