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Occam's Razor
The other thread that mentions this made me curious. What exactly is occam's razor? Is it a truth? I've seen Contact, but you know.
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The simplest explanation is probably the most correct.
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ya know. . i've just been waiting for someone to say "well then go ahead and give us the simplest explanation of it then!"
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Probably the most correct? Probably is a pretty loose term. Are we talking 51% or 99.9% probability. What does it apply to? Physical things, or all things, including consciousness(if you believe that it is more than physical, the roots at least).
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you're digging a bit too deeply into this noahfor. Peetster's explanation can be taken at face value.
let's take an apple falling out of a tree as an example. It's POSSIBLE that the apple fell because a squirrel picked up a laser cutter with its teeth, ran outside, up the tree, and bit down on the cutter. This pressed the button, and the laser sliced through the stem, causing the apple to fall. It's also POSSIBLE that the apple's stem simply broke off and the apple fell - as apples tend to do when they're ripe. Occam's razor tells us the second explanation - the simpler one - is most likely true. |
Ok, I get it. Thanks. It seemed like people were coming to conclusions about things being certain using occam's razor. That is why I was confused.
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This came up in conversation the other day and it had me wondering about it too, so thanks for the explanations.
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Think of it as cutting off all the useless fuzz on a theory, belief or situation.
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The simplest explanation:
You are God. |
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Which is an interesting enough concept completely removed from the discussion of Occam's Razor. Probably deserves its own thread though. Veritas en Lux! Jimmy The Hutt |
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