RE: [cobalt-users] email on Raq3

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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Rodolfo J. Paiz (E-mail) wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> I believe Occam's Razor says: "All other things being equal,
> the simplest explanation tends to be true." Not sure what the
> other one is...


Since the "simplicity" thread started as a repsonse to my suggestion
on using a .forward file, I thought it might be appropriate for
folks to use and understand the theory correctly:

Ockham's razor 

 also spelled OCCAM'S RAZOR, also called LAW OF ECONOMY, or LAW OF
PARSIMONY, principle stated by William of Ockham (1285-1347/49), a
scholastic, that Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate; "Plurality
should not be posited without necessity." 
The principle gives precedence to simplicity; of two competing theories,
the simplest explanation of an entity is to be preferred.
 The principle is also expressed "Entities are not to be multiplied beyond
necessity."

Thom