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Sweet-Tits makes another appearance?
Surgoshan:
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 08 Feb 2009, 23:04 ---Occam's razor requires all things to be equal. Things are never equal in webcomics.
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Occam's razor isn't a scientific principle. Occam's razor isn't a mathematical principle. Occam's razor is an aesthetic principle. Occam's razor isn't necessarily true.
Occam's razor doesn't require things to be equal. Occam's razor starts with "all else being equal"...
Occam's razor isn't known to or understood by mustang6172.
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: Surgoshan on 09 Feb 2009, 15:28 ---
Occam's razor doesn't require things to be equal. Occam's razor starts with "all else being equal"...
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If you're going to split all these hairs, I suggest getting a new conditioner.
KeepACoolin:
Occam's razor has never made sense to me. I can't think of a single instance of abstract thought in which it is correct. It would never have predicted cell structure, an accurate shape of the solar system, or, in this case, the identity of the Marten-slapping girl.
Jimor:
--- Quote from: KeepACoolin on 16 Feb 2009, 11:01 ---Occam's razor has never made sense to me. I can't think of a single instance of abstract thought in which it is correct. It would never have predicted cell structure, an accurate shape of the solar system, or, in this case, the identity of the Marten-slapping girl.
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The solar system thing is one of the prime examples of Occam's razor at work. You could either have the circles upon circles upon circles iterated to the nth degree to describe planetary orbits, or you could have Kepler's elipses.
And it's not Marten either, unless somebody has a theory that he dyed his hair brown one night in order to sneak out to a bar to hit on strange women behind Dora's back.
KeepACoolin:
I mean Occam's razor based on observation. Looking out into the sky, Occam's razor would suggest geocentrism. I mean that it is inferior to investigation and research. As a tool for finding answers, it is almost worthless.
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