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hockeybub89
03/13/21 1:59:43 PM
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PMarth2002
03/13/21 2:14:35 PM
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I'm not actually sure i agree with occam's razor come to think of it.

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averagejoel
03/13/21 2:19:07 PM
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I'm definitely not okay with that idea without further qualification

PMarth2002 posted...
I'm not actually sure i agree with occam's razor come to think of it.
occam's razor is about the explanation that makes the fewest assumptions, not about whether or not it's actually simpler

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PMarth2002
03/13/21 2:27:28 PM
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averagejoel posted...
I'm definitely not okay with that idea without further qualification

occam's razor is about the explanation that makes the fewest assumptions, not about whether or not it's actually simpler

huh. i've always heard it paraphrased the simplest explanation is usually the right one.

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averagejoel
03/13/21 2:35:39 PM
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PMarth2002 posted...
huh. i've always heard it paraphrased the simplest explanation is usually the right one.
you've probably also heard it used a lot outside of the context of competing scientific hypotheses

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Trumble
03/13/21 2:36:34 PM
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C, but I'd stress that the key word is "usually".

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PMarth2002
03/13/21 2:43:53 PM
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averagejoel posted...
you've probably also heard it used a lot outside of the context of competing scientific hypotheses

true.

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ThyCorndog
03/13/21 2:51:03 PM
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WYSIWYG
man my brain is so fucked I had to double take cause it looked like that qanon thing

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