bibliolater , 7 months ago to science

"I argue that inclusion of Occam's razor is an essential factor that distinguishes science from superstition and pseudoscience. I also describe how the razor is embedded in Bayesian inference and argue that science is primarily the means to discover the simplest descriptions of our world."

McFadden, J. (2023). Razor sharp: The role of Occam's razor in science. Ann NY Acad Sci, 1530, 8–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15086 #OpenAccess #OA #Science #STEM #Bayesian #History #HistoryOfScience #PostModernism #Education @science

pauld , 8 months ago to philosophy

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ewisniowski , 1 year ago to philosophy

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Below is a special kind of hell. The leaves have not even changed color yet.

Do we really need this? Baudrillard is laughing at us from the afterlife.

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