Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!decwrl!sun!mat From: mat@amdahl.UUCP (Mike Taylor) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Occam's Gillette Message-ID: <770@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 12:37:28 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.770 Posted: Tue Dec 18 12:37:28 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 00:47:30 EST References: <1562@pucc-h> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 19 > The explaination of Occam's Razor that I heard (from an article in Byte about > a language called Occam) was: "Keep it simple, dummy!" Is this the entire > implication of the Razor, or does it really mean something more? > > -- > "And remember, Christmas spirit is -- not what you drink" > > Jeff Lewis vvvvvvvvvvvv > {decvax|ucbvax|allegra|seismo|harpo|teklabs|ihnp4}!pur-ee!lewie > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I believe it dates back a long time, and is a philosophical principle that says: when many hypotheses are available to explain a given phenomenon, the simplest should be chosen. -- -- Mike Taylor ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!mat [ This may not reflect my opinion, let alone anyone else's. ]