Simplicity, Truth, and the Unending Game of Science

[Hypnos]

link to PDF (http://www.phil.cmu.edu/faculty/kelly/home/papers/bonn5.pdf)

As the article reviews, all traditional arguments in favor of Ockham's Razor are essentially based on a mystical belief in the smoothness/elegance/parsimony of nature/God.

The article presents a novel viewpoint, based on something like coding.

[Shai Gar]

the truth is never simple, and science, like all things ends, where mysticism starts

[Hypnos]

sure, but the scientist wants to continually elevate the logical cardinality at which mysticism begins

[Shai Gar]

hypnos, just because HE is an idiot, doesnt mean we need to care.. some of his ideas are good though

[Dunearhp]

Occam's razor is just a heuristic. It doesn't apply universally.