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Whats the correct way of using Ockham's razor?

>> No.18231566

suicide is the simplest solution i guess open your wrists

>> No.18231570

>>18231560
With the grain.

>> No.18231574

>>18231560
Only with respect to scientific (= positivist, reductivist) explanation. If you use it for metaphysics or epistemology, the whole thing breaks down because you can deny all of it.

>> No.18231575

>>18231560
For that sick monk-cut

>> No.18231580

>>18231574
Seems more like a problem with metaphysics to me

>> No.18231586
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>>18231570

>> No.18231592

You can only use it if you're (ironically) a gruff detective on the case with a 2 day beard trying to make deductions.

>> No.18231596

>>18231574
I was just reading a bit about Ockham's epistemology and how his justification negative intuitions basically morphs into a lite occasionalism and destroys intelligible reality

>> No.18231605

>>18231566
This isn't funny anon, I just started cutting again

>> No.18231620

>>18231560
It's a lot more simple that the world is far more complex than Ockham's razor.

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>>18231592
Perfect for my use case.

>> No.18231663

>>18231592
*Inductions