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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: Greg or e who wrote (1850)10/19/2000 1:33:56 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 28931
 
I am still not sure you understand Occam's razor- so I thought of a nice analogy for you.

Two explanations for how cars are made: 1. metal and petrochemical products are processed into parts that then go to a factory where assembly workers put these parts together into cars

1. you rub a magic lamp and wish for one

Superficiallly, if you do not understand Occam's razor, number 2 looks like the simplest answer. A child might even tell you it WAS the simplest answer- but Occam's razor requires us to look for explanations in terms of what is already known. So we are to rely on all the knowledge available, and our experience as well as the experience of others.
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