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	Occam's razor
		What is known as Occam's razor was a common principle in medieval philosophy and was not originated by William, but because of his frequent usage of the principle, his name has become indelibly attached to it.
		For example, atheists often apply Occam's razor in arguing against the existence of God on the grounds that God is an unnecessary hypothesis.
		On the other hand, if Occam's razor means that when confronted with two explanations, an implausible one and a probable one, a rational person should select the probable one, then the principle seems unnecessary because so obvious.
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	epowiki: Occams Razor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Occam's razor is for slicing off unnecessarily convoluted theories in favour of slimmer ones when both explain the same phenomena equally well.
		Occam's Razor is a tool that when faced with multiple explanations for the same situation, helps you choose the best explanation.
		The original form of Occam's Razor was "Essentia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem", which is usually translated as "Entities (or hypotheses) should not be multiplied beyond necessity".
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	What is Occam's Razor?
		Occam's (or Ockham's) razor is a principle attributed to the 14th century logician and Franciscan friar; William of Occam.
		Many scientists have adopted or reinvented Occam's Razor as in Leibniz's "identity of observables" and Isaac Newton stated the rule: "We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
		Ernst Mach advocated a version of Occam's razor which he called the Principle of Economy, stating that "Scientists must use the simplest means of arriving at their results and exclude everything not perceived by the senses.
	math.ucr.edu /home/baez/physics/General/occam.html (1251 words)

	Occam's Razor
		Occam's razor is a logical principle attributed to the mediaeval philosopher
		In any given model, Occam's razor helps us to "shave off" those concepts, variables or constructs that are not really needed to explain the phenomenon.
		Occam's razor is especially important for universal models such as the ones developed in General Systems Theory, mathematics or philosophy, because there the subject domain is of an unlimited complexity.
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	Occam's razor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Second, Ockham's Razor claims to be more than a theory; it is a proposed axiom that supposedly should apply to all theories, and so if it is to be tested we are first forced to choose the set of axioms guiding the nature of the test.
		The moment Ockham's Razor is regarded as a principle that is justified inductively, then, a loop of circular logic is formed, as the very problems that induction faces that the razor sets out to solve suddenly apply to it, as well.
		While Occam's razor cannot prove God's nonexistence, it does imply that, in the absence of compelling reasons to believe in God, disbelief should be preferred.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Occam's_razor (5724 words)

	Occams Razor commodity trading advisors trading secrets trading simplicity
		Occam's (or Ockham's - pronounced Okhams) razor is a principle attributed to the Logician and Franciscan Friar "William of Occam," who's picture is to the upper-left.
		Occam's razor, also known as 'the law of simplicity' is often quoted in strong forms as in the following statements:
		When 'Ellie' was asked if she knew what Occam's Razor meant, she explained it like this "All things being equal, the simpler explanation tends to be the right one."
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	Occam’s Razor - What? » Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
		Occam’s razor (also spelled Ockham’s razor) is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham (ca.
		The reason that Occam’s Razor connects with me so deeply is that we all live in an increasingly complex world where we all try to complicate things way too much in trying to understand event/activities/outcomes/happenings, or in our case web data.
		Kaushik’s thinking is based on “Occam’s Razor Principle” (which boils down to a poetic way of saying “KISS“) The screencast will show some practical examples of how at least one nonprofit organization’s web site, the Idealist, is using the software in practice.
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		The name comes from William of Occam, a 14th century English philosopher who proposed the concept, original at the time, that all assumptions should be eliminated from a logical argument.
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	Occams Razor
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	Occams razor - SphereWiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Occam's Razor is a philosophical precept first stated by the controversial but brilliant philosopher and monk William of Occam (or Ockham) during the 14th century.
		Occam's Razor suggests that you should not use any more of these entities than you absolutely need to use.
		We will have two RETURN statements instead of one, but this is not a violation of Occam's Razor because speed is also a necessity in a script, and the faster we get out of any script, the better our server will run.
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	Virtual Travelog \| The Misapplication of Occam's Razor or the Principle of Inappropriate Parsimony
		Faced with situations like these many systems designers will claim to be applying Occam's razor when they opt to base their solution on the simplest conceptual model.
		That is, the problem may not be in applying Occams Razor to these types of problems, but instead getting the right set of possible solutions (with the appropriate amount of detail) to choose the simplest solution from.
		Also your definition of Occam's razor is better than mine since it stresses that competing theories can only be compared when they make the same predictions.
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	From Occams Razor to KISS - 6-Jul-06: HGS Bulletin Articles From the Editor article: contact Paul Britt
		That second principle, I later came to learn, is known as "Occam's Razor", and is attributed to William of Ockham, a 14th century English Franciscan friar and philosopher from Ockham, a small village in Surrey, England.
		Occam's Razor states that one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed, or "one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything." This idea is often called the principle of parsimony.
		A curious contradiction to Occam's Razor lies in the various spellings of Ockham in the historical accounts, including Occam and many others.
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	9/11 Blogger - Blogging 9/11 Related Alternative News: Occam’s Razor and 9-11 Conspiracy Theories
		The more sophisticated of the Conspiracy Theory mockers who fancy themselves debunkers deploy the logical principle known as Occam’s Razor, or often merely appear to.
		Occam’s Razor is a logical principle “attributed to the mediaeval philosopher William of Occam (or Ockham)” which “states that one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed.” Of course, it happens that Occam’s Razor is often thrown around carelessly and thoughtlessly...
		The best recent example I can think of that deploys the logical principle of Occam’s Razor in such a way as to discredit conventional theories in favor of a “conspiracy theory” is BYU physics Professor Steven E. Jones’ paper ‘Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Collapse’.
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	Southern Straits 2002
		After rounding Sisters Light, Flash Gordon II and Occams Razor beat to weather in 20 knots.
		Within a few miles Flash rolled over top of us with their longer waterline and Occams threatened to do the same, so we took a hitch out and put of the medium #1 on the tack back to port.
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		Based in Dayton, Ohio, Occams Razor arose from the ashes of many successful local bands which had the opportunity to play all over Ohio and surrounding states.
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		Also hailing from the windswept plains of Calgary, OCCAMS RAZOR (a most excellent and original moniker I must say!) are yet another new unsigned, independent act who I count myself more than fortunate to have had the pleasure of experiencing.
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	Occams Razor
		Occam was about philosophy, not technology, so it seems just plain false to interpret him that way.
		Occam's Razor may support that jump, until you add any other evidence, at which point it demands you go with the simpler explanation "Sometimes people incorrectly attribute a bit of writing to give it more authority"
		Incidentally Occam, were he alive today, would surely choose a 1-bladed razor, not these nonsensensical 3 or more blade razors.
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	Ideal Image Articles
		If we interpret the words of William Occam: "Why repeat a difficult task, when there is a more simple solution?" Since the 14th century, this popular theorem has been known as Occam's Razor.
		When it comes to unwanted hair removal, Occam's Razor is laser hair removal.
		When all totaled, that is the equivalent of 1.5 working weeks per year, only to elicit less than satisfactory results, possible razor burn, razor-bumps and the ever-present five o'clock shadow from dark hairs showing beneath the skin.
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	In Music We Trust - Occams Razor: The Sound of Inevitability
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		There is such a myriad of vocal deliveries here, there would be nothing lost if the "singing" was eliminated and something else substituted.
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	Many Worlds Theory FAQ
		This is known as Ockham's razor and is interpreted, today, as meaning that to account for any set of facts the simplest theories are to be preferred over more complex ones.
		Similarly many-worlds is the simplest and most economical quantum theory because it proposes that same laws of physics apply to animate observers as has been observed for inanimate objects.
		Not fatal, but unpleasant and difficult to reconcile with special relativity and some conservation laws.) The simplest conclusion, which is to be preferred by Ockham's razor, is that wavefunctions just don't collapse and that all branches of the wavefunction exist.
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	epowiki: Occams Razor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		+ Occam's razor is for slicing off unnecessarily convoluted theories in favour
		+ Occam's Razor is a tool that when faced with multiple explanations for the same situation, helps you choose the best explanation.
		Back to Occams Razor, or to the Page History.
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	Re: Occams Razor?
		Neither of you are applying Occam's Razor particularly well.
		It happened one way before, therefore it is likely that it will happen that way again (whcih both of your are saying) is not applying Occam's Razor.
		While this little mystery CAN be described in a why question ("Why does the picture KP posted look like that?"), there's no way Occam's Razor is going to get us particularly close to what map was used.
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	HolyHell.net Site Blog » Occam’s Razor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		“Occam’s Razor,” sometimes known as “Ockham’s Razor,” is a method of choosing the best theory or hypothesis.
		This page should allow anyone to use the power of Occam’s Razor.
		tags: abstract concepts, decisions, funny, help, idea, sarcastic, occams razor
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	Varifrank: Occams Razor
		I'd like to turn 'occams razor' on the CBS documents for just a second and ask a simple questsion: "What evidence is there that can clearly verify that they ARE what CBS says they are?" From the top of the...
		I'd like to turn 'occams razor' on the CBS documents for just a second and ask a simple questsion:
		Posted by: Keith R. Wood at September 12, 2004 05:30 PM I'm glad to see Occam's Razor referenced.
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	Safe Haven \| Occams Razor and Delta V
		The drama of London's terror attack yesterday was clearly evident.
		The event itself factually illustrates that relationships between people and governments are in a state of radical change.
		In considering this event, as it pertains to gold, I will use Occam's Razor.
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