timtyler comments on Mathematical simplicity bias and exponential functions - Less Wrong

12 Post author: taw 26 August 2009 06:34PM

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Comment author: timtyler 31 August 2009 01:10:48PM -2 points [-]

What's with the Occam bashing? Yes, the OP wrote:

"Nature doesn't care all that much for mathematical simplicity."

...but that doesn't make it true: Occam's Razor is great!