comment by Pribnow

a thoughtful web.

Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!

comment by Pribnow

Pribnow · 3961 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why America Has a Mass Incarceration Problem, and Why Germany and the Netherlands Don't

Occam's Razor actually is a scientific standard, at least in some branches. Phylogeny is a great example:

http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/2900_Parsimony_Analysis.htm

markup tips · 0

Text surrounded by asterisks (*) is italicized.

Text surrounded by plus signs (+) is bolded.

Text surrounded by vertical bars (|) is quoted. If you double-click a paragraph, it will be quoted.

Text surrounded by tildes (~) is blocked out.

Symbols such as *, +, |, and ~ can be used literally by placed a \ in front of the text.

A user's name surrounded by at signs (@) links to their profile, and the user is notified that you mentioned them.

A word surrounded by hash signs (#) becomes a tag and links to posts with that tag.

Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim in a different font.

URLs become links. However, new users cannot post links in comments.

Hubski URLS become embedded cards, displaying information about the post or comment.

Text can link to URLs by using the following format: [linked text](http://theurl.com)

Youtube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Twitter, and Spotify urls will embed the content automatically.

Image URLs (.png, .tif, .gif, and .jpg) will embed automatically.

overman · 3961 days ago · link ·

Well sure, in specific areas of data analysis. But most people I find think Occam's razor can be applied much more broadly. Example: 'The sky is blue, water is blue, therefore the sky is made of water. This is the correct answer because it's the simplest explanation.'

+discuss