Ed Jaynes as a finder of paths
Professor Jaynes was one of those folks who enjoyed making things simple, and who enjoyed finding new and easily accessible paths through the forest.
One example of this is the glee in his recent note on thermal efficiencies, at using “science of the possible” calculations to show that eskimos may someday heat their ovens with no energy cost, by temporarily cooling their living rooms! (The first human outpost on Titan may find this path very useful indeed!)