[futurebasic] Re: Occam's Razor

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From: Jay Reeve <jktr@...>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 98 17:51:44 -0600
Roger said:
>Boy, have I been there before!!!
>I remember a line from the movie "Contact". It is supposedly a theorem (real
>or fictional) which went something like "All things being equal, the simplest
>explanation is the correct one."
>We programmers would do well to remember that. 
>
In my recollection, Occam's Razor is a little less definite:
"All things being equal, the simplest explanation will tend to be the 
correct one."

That leaves a disconcerting opening for those few times when the correct 
explanation is by far the least likely. Programmers are good at finding 
those.

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