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Comment author: [deleted] 18 July 2012 09:42:46AM *  0 points [-]

The Occam argument is basically:

  • Humans are made by evolution to be approximately Occamian, this implies that Occamian reasoning is a least a local maxima of reasoning ability in our universe.

  • When we use our Occamian brains to consider the question of why the universe appears simple, we come up with the simple hypothesis that the universe is itself simple.

  • Describing the universe with maths works better than heroic epics or supernatural myths, as a matter of practical applicability and prediction power.

  • The mathematically best method of measuring simplicity is provably the one used in Solomonoff Induction/Kolmogorov complexity.

  • Quantum Mechanics and -Cosmology is one of the simplest explanations ever for the universe as we observe it.

The argument is sound, but the people are crazy. That doesn't make the argument unsound.