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From: mat@amdahl.UUCP (Mike Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Occam's Gillette
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 12:37:28 EST
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> 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.
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Mike Taylor                        ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!mat

[ This may not reflect my opinion, let alone anyone else's.  ]