cousin_it comments on Mathematical simplicity bias and exponential functions - Less Wrong
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Occam's razor still applies. If we're looking for the most elegant possible proof of a theorem (whatever that means), any sufficiently short proof is much more likely to be it than any sufficiently long proof. If you want to take a completely wild guess about what statement an unknown theorem proves, you're better off guessing short statements than long ones.
More emphasis on the most elegant possible.
Sorry for deleting my comment, I got frustrated and rewrote it. See my other reply to grandparent.
I don't believe it either, by the way.