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 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.