Name: Anonymous 2008-05-27 10:58
I have seen frequently in the media it depicted as "the simplest explanation is correct".
The principle of Occam's razor is "remove unnecessary factors", this will reveal a simpler explanation but the objective is to do this whilst still retaining empirical validity. Scientific method never claims to find "the truth", just the explanations that ought to be assumed.
The principle of Occam's razor is "remove unnecessary factors", this will reveal a simpler explanation but the objective is to do this whilst still retaining empirical validity. Scientific method never claims to find "the truth", just the explanations that ought to be assumed.