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Demonaut

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4. occam's razor real life

Reply to Nexus2 (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2020, 12:14 AM

Dec 2020

and reversed

a scientific and philosophical rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily which is interpreted as requiring that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities.

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Let me be sure I've got this straight [View all] Nexus2 Dec 2020 OP

Logic has no place in MAGAt World NT Rorey Dec 2020 #1

That's magical thinking for you The Genealogist Dec 2020 #2

You've got it! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #3

occam's razor real life Demonaut Dec 2020 #4