rocurley comments on Falsification - Less Wrong

3 Post author: TheatreAddict 12 March 2012 03:59AM

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Comment author: TheatreAddict 12 March 2012 10:25:47AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, he's trying to make the argument that Occam's Razor doesn't work. He insists he understand probability theory and how Occam's Razor works, but he still thinks it's an invalid argument.

I don't understand why. He's religious, and he says that Occam's Razor should prove God exists, then. Because it's easier to just say, "God did it." But I argued that God is a complex being.. ehh.

Comment author: rocurley 12 March 2012 02:22:21PM 2 points [-]

Does he not accept Occam's Razor at all, or just in this context?

If at all, there's the nice example of: "The sun rose every day of my life"---> "The sun rises every day" vs "The sun rose every day before now, and won't in the future"

If he doesn't like Occam in this particular case, do you have any idea why?

Comment author: TheatreAddict 15 March 2012 06:52:46AM 0 points [-]

He doesn't accept it at all, no idea why.