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There are occasional examples of one thing being strictly simpler than another. For example, "lightning is thrown by Thor, and also Maxwell's equations, Coulomb's Law, and the atomic theory of matter are true" is simpler if you just cut out Thor. So you should cut out Thor. So you should at least strive to that extent :P
Agreed that striving to find simpler theories is, generally speaking, a worthy goal. What I tried to emphasize is that striving to find the simplest one - in the particular Kolmogorov sense - isn't.