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2000 Sep 28
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Occams Razor Was: lm -- significance of x ...
...aborate
> > explanations than what is necessary to explain the facts.
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> A little web search gave the following at
> http://www2.jonction.net/~ziem/occam.html
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> "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
> "Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora"
> "Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"
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> The principle states that "Entities should not be multiplied
> unnecessarily." Sometimes it is quoted in one of its original Latin
> forms to give it an air of authenticity.
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