It is foolish to strive to find the Kolmogorov-simplest model, because that task is known to be impossible.
I was simply trying to interpret what EY wrote. I should have said something like "prefer a K-simpler model". Personally, I do not support expending much effort looking for a simpler model with the same predictive power, except as a step to finding a model with better predictive power.
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