Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.

[rikb]

Ockham's Razor is not an epistomological test - that is, it doesn't tell us what is true or false. It's simply a heuristic, a rule of thumb that organizes our search for knowledge and makes it more efficient. By minimizing our explanatory apparatus - trying out the simplest explanations first - we save a lot of time and energy because we don't

Comments

[mathemagickian]

this is really well said! Bravo! Excellent writing.

[rikb]

Why, thank you!