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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: Free will and QM "if you believe it"
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Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 00:30:24 EST
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> Okay...I give up...for years I'be been hearing about Occum's Razor....
> what is it, where did you hear about it, and how many shaves does it give?

"Occam's razor", for shaving "Plato's beard", is attributed to William of
Occam:  "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity".  It is an
epistemological principle and should be found in most basic philosophy
texts.  (Although who knows?  Philosophers are fond of muddying the waters.)