January 2, 2014 at 7:19 pm
#802295
JoB
Participant
wakeflood
apology accepted
“There are many examples where Occam’s razor
would have picked the wrong theory given the
available data. Simplicity principles are useful
philosophical preferences for choosing a more likely
theory from among several possibilities that are
each consistent with available data. However,
anyone invoking Occam’s razor to support a
scientific preference should be aware that future
experiments may well falsify the model currently
favored by Occam’s razor.”
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0812/0812.4932.pdf
it’s what you don’t know and therefore don’t take into account that gets you every time