Re: Ockham\'s Razor
Thanks for all the input, guys. I'm understanding this a bit better.
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The mutilated and incorrect statement of Ockham's Razor is that 'the simplest explanation is the correct one'. It should take all of about a minute to think of a counter-example.
The best statement of Ockham's Razor is simply, 'a smaller model is more useful than a larger model, if both make sufficiently accurate predictions for your purposes'.
This isn't a really a mind-blowing insight, thus Ockham's Razor is hugely overrated.
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Why isn't it a mind-blowing insight? I never suggested it was but am curious as to why you find this so trivial and don't find any use in Ockham's Razor.
Your first statement bears no relation to the rest of this thread, I feel.
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