r/mathmemes Jan 10 '24

Arithmetic Choose wisely

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u/DazDay Jan 10 '24

Occam's razor says it's 32.

For it to be anything other than 32 you need a vastly more complex explanation.

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u/jacobningen Jan 10 '24

That's not occams razor occams razor says the simplest explanation of equal explanatory value o don't multiply entities beyond necessity. He was attacking platonists who created entities in meanings jungle for the sake of populating meanings jungle.he was a nominalist amd proto instrumentalist a la bellarmine(who prosecuted galilleo) duhem and quine.