Just one slight amendment:
At 10:22 AM -0400 9/21/01, Tom Allaway wrote:
> Just a couple of points:
>
> * Parsimony is certainly a principle rather than a law; it is a rule to
>guide our thinking. It is best called a heuristic.* * Parsimony does
>not say everything is simple. It says that when we are choosing between
>two or more explanations, both of which fit the observed data,
equally well
>we should prefer the simpler one. This of course leaves open the
>possibility that additional data may force a reassessment.* * Nature
>never promised to be simple... hence the parsimony heuristic may not
>always lead us to truth. But it's the best guide we have.*
>
>
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