Ockhams razor and parsimony, or the principle of economy. There's a discussion of this over at the Suffolk Humanists - apparently he denies everything. Theories can be regarded as constructs that help us understand aspects of the world in which we live. As Mark Twain once remarked: I did not have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead. Perhaps it also applies to transmittal of information more generally. I believe it applies well to predictive modeling and programming in general.
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Even philosopher Aristotle supported this method, saying the more limited, if accurate, is always. You may have heard the phrase ‘ less is more ‘. The law of parsimony suggests identifying the simplest, least complicated explanation of a situation or observation. That's the way to challenge Tory stereotypes alright :| I'm just hoping he's in a minority of one, and that the Conservatives get rid of him quickly - he's an embarrassment. Parsimony in psychology entails identifying the simplest and most accurate explanation for brain processes and human behaviors. So, there you go - John Gummer: complete raving bigot. Considering difficulties in predicting exact motions of water molecules, and the scale of our. Parsimony is the idea that, given a set of possible explanations, the simplest explanation is the most likely to be correct. For instance, a range of symptoms and signs occurring together should always, if possible, be attributed to a single. Principle of Parsimony, Fake Science, and Scales. He then launched into a loud abusive rant in which he complained that The British Humanists Association “had no right to be here” and with spittle-filled passion he pointed his finger at startled BHA members and declared “The Conservative Party is and always has been a Christian Party” (big emphasis on ‘Christian’) before turning on his heels and storming off without giving those volunteers (me included) an opportunity to respond. A principle in science and philosophy, much applied in medicine, that one should try to account for an observed phenomenon in the simplest possible way and should not look for multiply explanations of its different aspects. I'm actually quite shocked by this report from last week's Conservative conference by The Lancashire Secular Humanists: As John Gummer came upon the British Humanist Association’s campaign stand in the exhibitors gallery at the Winter Gardens this afternoon he was clearly heard to say to his companion “Do you know there is nothing I hate more than these Humanists”.