* Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 01:15:46AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 01:04:53AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > its appearance. I'd suggest applying Occam's razor: the simplest > > > > For those who don't know Occam's Razor, it's sometimes also called > > Bob's Motto (Bob being the name of all Tech Support reps). "Never > > attribute to malice what can be readily explained by stupidity." > > The canonical wording is "Entities should not be multiplied beyond > necessity", although as the originator, William of Occam / Ockham, was > a 12th century monk he probably used other words, maybe Latin ones.
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem", in fact. > It's often expressed as "pick the simplest explanation that fits the > facts". > Amen to that. Cam -- Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast cam(at)ellisonet(dot)ca camellison(at)dccnet(dot)com cam(at)fleuryassociates(dot)com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
