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On 9 Dec 2003 16:16:07 GMT, wrote:

Mkuller writes:
(Stewart Pinkerton) wrote:
Most of us who live in the real world prefer Occam's Razor - when
choosing among alternative explanations, the simplest is most probably
the truth.

Funny you mention this because it was discussed at the conference,
too. But you've suited it to your bias. It should be:

Occam's Razor - when choosing among alternative explanations, ALL
THINGS BEING EQUAL, the simplest is most probably the truth.

All things are not usually equal, as you know.

This is a misstatement of Occam's razor. The razor says nothing about
probability, and it says nothing about all things being equal.

What it says is "you shall not multiply explanations unnecessarily".

This means that when you have a multiplicity of explanations, choose
the one that makes the fewest assumptions about things that aren't in
evidence.

That's actually your *interpretation* of the original statement which
you correctly quoted.

This philosophical principle doesn't rely on the simplest
explanation being more probable than the others.

But the more usual modern interpretation does.............
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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