On 12/12/2012 01:35, Ian W Eberhart wrote:
I don't think occam's razor is just the "shortest" explanation, but the one that requires the least complexity. From what I understand, the two theories provided here are working within the same level of complexity; they are working from the same data.
No, the correct ones are more complex that the wrong one - in some cases.
If you were to extrapolate on the "shortest" explanation definition, you could say that occam's razor was disproved long ago when general relatively was able to predict celestial movement with more precision than classical mechanics.
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