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So many people get Occam’s razor wrong. I like the way you describe it as the least number of concepts and assumptions, rather than just “simplest”.
by JSR_FDED 2y ago
So many people get Occam’s razor wrong. I like the way you describe it as the least number of concepts and assumptions, rather than just “simplest”.
- onre 2y agoI feel this is a side-effect of so many people getting "simple" wrong, as in, calling things simple because they superficially seem so, even while being aware of but ignoring the underlying complexities.
- voidhorse 2y agoCompletely agree. It's entirely about eliminating unnecessary distinctions, not about relative simplicity (which would need to be defined in context—we do not have a universal notion or measure of "simplicity" or complexity—any such notions we do have are domain dependent and usually observer dependent).
- gozzoo 2y agoHow is "least number of concepts and assumptions" different than “simplest”?