High Variance

High Variance

Living on Occam's Razor's Edge

We've fallen far enough that the answer is almost always human stupidity

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Andy Pregler
Feb 06, 2025
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Of two competing theories, the simpler explanation of an entity is to be preferred.

All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Depending on how you consume the world at large, something in the past two weeks made you think “what the act…

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