Jeez, are there really people out there so afraid of looking unsmart that they won't stand up against the demon Complexity? Complexity is an evil whose presence you tolerate, not something you go chasing after like a trophy. Everybody is always trying to introduce more of it, especially noobs, inadvertently. It must be fought. And when you fight something, you don't blame yourself ("I'm too dumb to get this"). You blame the thing, you blame the complexity. "This shit is too complicated." Because guess what, chances are pretty high that if it's so sprawling, so bifurcated, so confusing, that you can't wrap your mind around it, it's because it's a piece of shit. E = mc² is what a finished product looks like. It has 2 variables and describes the whole universe. Whatever, you can argue all you want with me here, I'm being provocative, but the bottom line, regardless, is take yourself and your ego out of it. It's not you. You're not even important.

Edit to add: By fighting complexity, you're demanding more and you're right back to looking smart again. So actually your precious ego can still save face.