In <5.1.0.14.2.20010607100712.0263cb90@mail.polobeam.net>, Marvin Demuth
wrote:
> While waiting for my RA4 chemicals to come up to 35 degrees C, I had time
> to look up Ockham on the web. You live in an interesting area.
>
> I also had time to refresh my memory of my first introduction to Occam's
> Razor." John Bogel, the founder of the fabulous Vanguard Mutual Funds
> Group, devotes a chapter in his most recent book (Common Sense on Mutual
> Funds) to its application to returns on investments. He paraphrases Sir
> William's insight with the phrase "that the simpler the explanation, the
> more likely it is to be correct."
>
> We all have so much to learn in mastering our skills in analysis and
> communication.
>
I liked the remark I saw some years ago in a article about UFO freaks,
conspiracy theorists, etc., that "they would use Occam's razor to cut your
throat"! ;-)
Brian Rumary, England
