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This is another abuse of pre-packaged logic which I see regularly. Occam's razor dictates that when there are competing hypotheses - the one that makes the leas
by yathern 8y ago
This is another abuse of pre-packaged logic which I see regularly. Occam's razor dictates that when there are competing hypotheses - the one that makes the least number of assumptions tends to be true.
This doesn't mean "automatically assume the simplest explanation is gospel truth, and if someone suggests otherwise, simply say the magic words 'Occams Razor' to them".
Maybe this occurred. Maybe it didn't. But dismissing it with what's essentially a prepackaged argument adds very little to the conversation.
If I were to leak info, I certainly would try to hide my way of writing. Not sure how to do it effectively. Possibly run it through Google translate and back a few times. Then patch it up to make it readable?
- tomjakubowski 8y agoIt seems easier, although maybe riskier, to have a trusted friend (or even your attorney) ghostwrite it for you. That would also avoid reintroducing your idiosyncrasies during the "patch it up" step.
- learc83 8y agoIf it were me, I'd make an outline and have my spouse write it (assuming I had a good relationship with my spouse).
- contravariant 8y agoAnother obvious choice would be someone at the New York Times. Even if we could figure out who then all we'd have discovered is dubious proof on someone who might know the identity of the source, which isn't terribly useful.