Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 7:15 am
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Amorph:
<B>Ironic, then, that William of Ockham, the theologian and mathematician who articulated the Razor, used it as the lynchpin of an argument for God's presence in Nature.<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I know. He's rolling in his grave, I'm sure. <P>The best Occam Razor story I have is one where a macroeconomics prof claimed that a Roman citizen named OCCAM made the concept popular. Since that day I've been sure that they just send phds to whomever is least liked by their fellow students.<P>If god wrote this post it would be much simpler.<P>"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate" <P>Ex animo,
m.d
<B>Ironic, then, that William of Ockham, the theologian and mathematician who articulated the Razor, used it as the lynchpin of an argument for God's presence in Nature.<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I know. He's rolling in his grave, I'm sure. <P>The best Occam Razor story I have is one where a macroeconomics prof claimed that a Roman citizen named OCCAM made the concept popular. Since that day I've been sure that they just send phds to whomever is least liked by their fellow students.<P>If god wrote this post it would be much simpler.<P>"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate" <P>Ex animo,
m.d