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Or it comes down to the fact that Occam's Razor is just a cheap rhetorical device that's employed to lend a luster of legitimately onto what is otherwise just a

by lvs 11y ago

Or it comes down to the fact that Occam's Razor is just a cheap rhetorical device that's employed to lend a luster of legitimately onto what is otherwise just a subjective intuition. Fully comprehending how many assumptions are involved in a given line of reasoning probably takes a lot more time and thought than some guy on the internet is devoting to his HN comment.

jessaustin 11y ago
You convinced me not to try to understand this argument...
- lvs 11y ago
  Well, don't be too convinced. I didn't spend much time on that comment.
  - andy_ppp 11y ago
    Maybe you just came up with the simplest possible refutation of Occam's razor. Maybe not :-)