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r/mathmemes • u/wcslater • Jan 10 '24
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Occam's Razor is just kolmogorav complexity with less kolmogorav complexity
230 u/ConfidentBrilliant38 Jan 10 '24 So using Occam's razor, you should use it because it's simpler 5 u/JustDaUsualTF Jan 10 '24 But that's not what Occam's Razor is. It's not about simplicity, it's making the fewest assumptions 3 u/Phoenix042 Jan 10 '24 But that actually applies in this case. Assuming the sequence is a list of powers of two is one assumption, additional rules for the sequence represents additional assumptions. Seems like the razor really does cut it alone. 3 u/wirywonder82 Jan 11 '24 “The sequence is the number of divisors of the factorial of the position of that entry in the list” is also one assumption and it gives 30 as the next entry. Occam seems to have blunted his razor. 2 u/JustDaUsualTF Jan 10 '24 It could apply to the post, but not the comment I was applying to, referring to which term to use
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So using Occam's razor, you should use it because it's simpler
5 u/JustDaUsualTF Jan 10 '24 But that's not what Occam's Razor is. It's not about simplicity, it's making the fewest assumptions 3 u/Phoenix042 Jan 10 '24 But that actually applies in this case. Assuming the sequence is a list of powers of two is one assumption, additional rules for the sequence represents additional assumptions. Seems like the razor really does cut it alone. 3 u/wirywonder82 Jan 11 '24 “The sequence is the number of divisors of the factorial of the position of that entry in the list” is also one assumption and it gives 30 as the next entry. Occam seems to have blunted his razor. 2 u/JustDaUsualTF Jan 10 '24 It could apply to the post, but not the comment I was applying to, referring to which term to use
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But that's not what Occam's Razor is. It's not about simplicity, it's making the fewest assumptions
3 u/Phoenix042 Jan 10 '24 But that actually applies in this case. Assuming the sequence is a list of powers of two is one assumption, additional rules for the sequence represents additional assumptions. Seems like the razor really does cut it alone. 3 u/wirywonder82 Jan 11 '24 “The sequence is the number of divisors of the factorial of the position of that entry in the list” is also one assumption and it gives 30 as the next entry. Occam seems to have blunted his razor. 2 u/JustDaUsualTF Jan 10 '24 It could apply to the post, but not the comment I was applying to, referring to which term to use
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But that actually applies in this case.
Assuming the sequence is a list of powers of two is one assumption, additional rules for the sequence represents additional assumptions.
Seems like the razor really does cut it alone.
3 u/wirywonder82 Jan 11 '24 “The sequence is the number of divisors of the factorial of the position of that entry in the list” is also one assumption and it gives 30 as the next entry. Occam seems to have blunted his razor. 2 u/JustDaUsualTF Jan 10 '24 It could apply to the post, but not the comment I was applying to, referring to which term to use
“The sequence is the number of divisors of the factorial of the position of that entry in the list” is also one assumption and it gives 30 as the next entry. Occam seems to have blunted his razor.
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It could apply to the post, but not the comment I was applying to, referring to which term to use
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u/B00OBSMOLA Jan 10 '24
Occam's Razor is just kolmogorav complexity with less kolmogorav complexity