Occam's (or Ockham's) razor is a principle named after the
14th-century mathematician and friar, William of Occam. Ockham was the village in this English County
where he was born. There are many resources to investigate this man and his theories.
This is not about him but his thinking.
Thinkers are important to the world.
Overthinking something can be the death of it.
Most people have never heard of this and yet with the
logical thinkers of today, it is almost built into our genetic code. We know
things without realizing how or why we do.
The universe as a whole is almost emanating this into our very
souls. Our brains absorbing codes that
alter our thinking giving the same idea to the masses at the same time. I don't completely understand everything.
When I hear something, my brain lets me know that logically the information is
even viable. The brain will calculate
out many different scenarios. You will start to evaluate your own opinions,
theories and reason as to why one thing sounds right vs. the other. Occam's
razor is a logical way of thinking.
Short excerpts from the 14th-century theory:
"If you have two theories which both explain the
observed facts then you should use the simplest until more evidence comes
along"
"The simplest explanation for some phenomenon is more
likely to be accurate than more complicated explanations."
"If you have two equally likely solutions to a problem,
pick the simplest."
"The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is
most likely to be correct."
"Keep things simple!"
You have heard many of these concepts built into many
popular slogans and methods of achieving a goal. The Occam's Razor does not
only have to apply to only scientific experiments but it can be applied to everyday
life.
This is a great scholarly way of looking at things. The way you look at things dictates how you
decipher, translate and learn things.
Then if you can learn things you can implement them into discovering the
worlds secrets.
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