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Dgar
Dgar
@dgar@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

Them: I keep hearing about this “Occam’s Razor”. Do you know what that is?

Me: Probably just a razor owned by someone called Occam.

Them: Yeah, that makes sense.

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Ole Wolf
Ole Wolf
@wolf@helvede.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@dgar Saying "apply Occam's razor" instead of saying "the easiest explanation is usually the correct one" strikes me as unnecessarily complicated.

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David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@wolf @dgar

Probably because that is not at all what Occam’s Razor says and is an incredibly misleading summery

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klegdixal
klegdixal
@klegdixal@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@david_chisnall @wolf @dgar

"Entities shouldn't be multiplied beyond necessity" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily.

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Ole Wolf
Ole Wolf
@wolf@helvede.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@david_chisnall Yes, but that ruins my joke. 😊 @dgar

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