Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Free will and QM "if you believe it" Message-ID: <6476@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 00:30:24 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6476 Posted: Sat Dec 8 00:30:24 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 02:28:54 EST References: <217@looking.UUCP> <9900003@acf4.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 7 > 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.)