Russell Standish wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 09:24:21PM -0700, Brent Meeker wrote: > >>> scientific theories (doing so by definition). The reason it is >>> rejected is because of the arbitrary nature of the date makes it a >>> more complex theory (in the Occam's razor sense). >>> >> And it is not POVI. >> >> Brent Meeker >> >> > > True, but then POVI is a specialised version of Occams razor. > > It is more specific and as Vic argues it is sine qua non for a scientific theory. Occams razor is a vague desiderata. You can justify almost anything by choosing your definition of "complex", e.g. theists say, "God did it." is the simplest possible theory.
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