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Occam’s Razor is about selecting the hypothesis with the least assumptions which is often mistaken for the simplest.
“The most obvious answer is often the correct one”, he said, nodding sagely.
Well of course Occam’s razor would say that Occam’s razor is simply Occam’s razor
It’s the simplest explanation. Why bother to come up with additional, more complex explanations?
The point is that is what you pick when two hypotheses are as likely.
Here there is one hypothesis so you can’t apply it.
And if there is a second hypothesis, it should be something like “it’s a reference to something specific” which is more likely than everyone talking about a specific razor of a random dude with a weird name.
It’s either a razor owned by ocham (simple) or it’s a philosophical concept about decision making when presented with ideas of similar likelihood but varying complexity (complicated).
The razor is about the option that requires the fewer assumptions.
The first one implies that somehow, a lot of people are talking about the razor of one guy with a very uncommon name. It is a much more costly hypothesis than to consider that this “razor” is an abstract concept instead.
It’s well know that they are a member of that famous legal firm, Dunning, Kruger, & Occam.
Well, that’s the simplest explanation.
