They simply turn on and off. We now know that the key lies in their relationships, the pattern of ON's and OFF'S. Computer science is yet another example where roots are the simplest. The computer letter, the BYTE, is a pattern of ons and offs. Indeed, most, if not all, major advances of knowledge were, at their roots, simple. Consider fire, tools, art, writing, to name a few.
Writing is derived from the act of using marks to represent sounds.
Simplicity is certainly not something we can assume can be ignored. What is problematic is oversimplification. The trick is to find the relationship that will accomplish this. It is best to start with a definition of two complementary systems of thought, how philosophy and science are being used in this paper. When the two are taken together, philosophy is the study of the general and science, then, is the study of the specific.