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Why Syzygy
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Tue May-10-11 02:55 PM Original message |
Ha! An alternate view of Occam's Razor |
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xchrom
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Tue May-10-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. that's funny. nt |
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RandomThoughts
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Tue May-10-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you believe what can be understood by many people is important. |
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SheilaT
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Tue May-10-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought Occam's Razor says |
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The Traveler
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Tue May-10-11 03:20 PM Original message |
I always thought |
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Why Syzygy
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Tue May-10-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Did you read the page |
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damntexdem
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Tue May-10-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. If you read the page, you realize he doesn't know what he's talking about. |
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SheilaT
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Wed May-11-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. When my son was taking geometry, |
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Confusious
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Thu May-12-11 01:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Basically, Occam's Razor still holds |
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The Magistrate
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Tue May-10-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. It Might Help, Sir, If He Actually Engaged Occam's Razor.... |
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Orsino
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Wed May-11-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. But...but...the author even went to *Wikipedia*, and everything. |
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damntexdem
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Tue May-10-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is b.s. Occam's Razor is important to science and to thought. |
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Odin2005
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Tue May-10-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. This idiot does not understand what Occam's Razor means. |
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Igel
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Tue May-10-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Which is why people dislike it. |
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emulatorloo
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Tue May-10-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here's the Judge Judy version: "If it doesn't make sense, it probably isn't true" |
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laconicsax
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Tue May-10-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well "clif" there sure dispatched that straw man! |
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jobendorfer
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Wed May-11-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. another way to look at Occam's Razor |
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DetlefK
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Wed May-11-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. What caused this car accident? A human, a banana peel or a bag of rice that rolled over in China? |
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jobendorfer
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Thu May-12-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. all three -- |
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trotsky
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Thu May-12-11 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. Ha! |
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Why Syzygy
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Thu May-12-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hey! |
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laconicsax
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Thu May-12-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. When you say genius, you mean that ironically, right? |
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Why Syzygy
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Thu May-12-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Of course not. |
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laconicsax
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Thu May-12-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Well, considering how moronic the piece you posted is, I'll have to disagree with you. |
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