Abstraction considered harmful

From SICP:

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate

Which means that with abstraction the whole system will grow and bloat without the programmer noticing it.

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Because the party of characters may be required to throw down two switches that will cause the mysterious guardian statues to cast a freezing spell over the lava, however, the first spell will not be enough to allow the heroes to walk over the lava safely, thereby justifying the necessity for a "hot lava" and "really hot lava" status.
Problem solved.