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A criticism of Occam’s Razor is that it doesn’t necessarily lead to the right conclusion - it’s not infallible. Of course, that’s correct. But is that a reason to ignore it? Surely if you apply Occam’s Razor, it just means you don’t invent unnecessary explanations? So only by ignoring the razor...

I've been thinking, do that a lot, and have hit upon the question could the universe have been created and this would be the parsimonious explaination? Don't get me wrong, I haven't converted, I just have been having trouble working it out on my own. Here's the problem I've been thinking about...

OK, I've done a few forum and Google searches and come up with squat, so if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. I'm in a debate on a woo board about human consciousness, and oh bob I have a headache! Aside from that, according to one of the members there: I'm not sure what he's saying...

Occam once again lays bare the facts: Fake but true! :big: Gimmee a break! -z

Is this the real thing or just another 'magnet in your shoe'? http://www.gillette.com/

1) Which is the simpler hypothesis: God, as Creator of the Universe, or an eternal Universe without a God? The first one, since God is simpler than any extense thing. An eternal Universe, on the other hand, would imply an unnecessary multiplication of entities in space and time. We must apply...

One of the more interesting parts of my occupation is when I get a new file and get to go to the prison and meet a new smiling face. Some of the cases I get are where an inmate is petitioning for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, a legal fiction the upshot of which is that the prisoner is arguing that he...

Dictionary.com states that Ockham's Razor states that: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. Meaning Entities are not multiplied except when mecessary. However I could not find any proof for this. If anyone could provide the philosophic proof, or a philosophic proof, I would...