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...are  considered, the simplest explanation is often the truest one. William Ockham  1214 - 1294 Agree. The more the words, the less the meaning. I wonder just what the Emanuel Kant fan club would either think or...." And please note that "least assumption" is not "fewest assumptions" but a more general application of the term. So an explanation like Goddidit is not supported ...

..., simply put, is the belief that when all things are considered, the simplest explanation is often the truest one. William Ockham 1214 - 1294 Agree. The more the words, the less the meaning. I wonder just what the Emanuel Kant fan club would either think or say about it ? God, being the ...

....com... Ockham's Razor, simply put, is the belief that when all things are considered, the simplest explanation is often the truest one. William Ockham 1214 - 1294 Agree. The more the words, the less the meaning. I wonder just what the Emanuel Kant fan club would either think or say about it ?

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... upon the razor sharp cutting edge of astronomy. The only problem with him and others is that they keep making the same stupid (sorry, I should use a more polite word. Hm. Let me think. Uh. Wait! I know! "Stupid" That's polite.) stories about stuff with zero basis in reality. Meanwhile our little friend Sunny asks questions ...

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... for full replacement, you also need a SEARCH-ORDER-EMPTY? word or somesuch; that would mean one more word overall, and a number of people seem to prefer fewer (complex) words over more (simple) words. My thought was ORDER-DEPTH. I don't know those people. As for me ...It is simply impractical to have all those conditional definitions of words so frequent in systems. But maybe people from the Forth-...