Comment on I just cited myself.
barsoap@lemm.ee 2 years agoBut is it a false premise? I certainly passes Occam’s razor: “They’re witches, they did it” is an eminently simple explanation.
Comment on I just cited myself.
barsoap@lemm.ee 2 years agoBut is it a false premise? I certainly passes Occam’s razor: “They’re witches, they did it” is an eminently simple explanation.
Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
By definition, mathematics isn’t witchcraft (most witches I know are pretty bad at math). Also, I think you need to look more deeply into Occam’s razor.
barsoap@lemm.ee 2 years ago
By definition, all sufficiently advanced mathematics is indistinguishable from witchcraft. (*vaguely gestures at numerology as proof*). Also Occam’s razor has never been robust against reductionism: If you are free to reduce “equal explanatory power” to arbitrary small tunnel vision every explanation becomes permissible, and taking, of those, the simplest one probably doesn’t match with the holistic view.