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If it is complex but can be described simply, Ockham's Razor says it is simple.
by RhysU 6y ago
If it is complex but can be described simply, Ockham's Razor says it is simple.
- Ma8ee 6y agoNo, that is a misunderstanding of Ockham’s razor. If a simpler explanation explains all known phenomena, then of course, choose the simpler explanation. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any unknown phenomena that the simpler explanation can’t explain that forces us to choose a more complicated explanation later. Ockham’s razor doesn’t say anything about reality. It only says anything about which model of reality we should choose given a set of known phenomena.