TheOtherDave comments on Where Recursive Justification Hits Bottom - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 01 January 2013 12:22:54AM 0 points [-]

So I think my original hypothesis actually itself reduces to Occam's Razor.

Yeah, that's what I think too.

Presumably, what I'd expect to see if Occam's Razor is an unreliable guideline is that when I'm choosing between two explanations, one of which is more complex for a consistent and coherent definition of complexity, it turns out that simpler explanation is often incorrect.