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Campbell’s razor
I would like to suggest people follow a general rule for deciding the preferred theory. All other things being equal, the most disappointing and mundane theory is to be preferred.
This rule favours theories involving accidents, incompetence and corruption over conspiracy theories. It favours the placebo effect and self-deception and lying over new-age medicine. It also favours problems caused by stupidity over problems caused by sinister intention.-
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theabsurdman posted this
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The continental tradition ain't got shit on the Analytic crew, Hume, Ayer, Lord Russell, Quine and Wittgenstein!
Politically, I am pretty left wing, even for Canadian philosophy students, a group that's pretty damn left wing.
6.522 There are indeed things that cannot be put into words, they make themselves manifest, they are what is mystical.
And here's the Watson to my Holmes, the Batman to my Robin.
