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Occam’s razor isn’t applicable here, though: If you have two explanations for a phenomenon, one of complexity level 5 and one of complexity level 10, Occam’s r
by JetSetWilly 5y ago
Occam’s razor isn’t applicable here, though:
If you have two explanations for a phenomenon, one of complexity level 5 and one of complexity level 10, Occam’s razor would say choose the simplest.
But if you have one explanation of complexity level 10, Occam’s razor does not say that you should reject it because a simpler explanation must exist. It makes no statement that hypotheses have to be simple.
- ravi-delia 5y ago> Now maybe no simple universe can possibly fit ours, in which case we're just kinda fucked. Last paragraph, last sentence. Now between you and me, I'm suspicious that we'll just keep describing more universe with simpler models forever, but you're right that Occam's razor doesn't guarantee that.