tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29877130.post2510015862044795584..comments2007-07-14T04:25:44.406+00:00Comments on The Thought Foundry: A Note on TerminologyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29877130.post-57836203237480649752007-02-24T11:04:00.000+00:002007-02-24T11:04:00.000+00:00Thanks for that David! Or as put in the novel "The...Thanks for that David! Or as put in the novel "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" (recommended) :<BR/><BR/>"No more should be assumed to exist than is absolutely necessary"<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments everyone! I don't think anyone was offended, Peter, so rest-assured. I just liked your turn of phrase and felt like running with it. People around here seem to be open-minded and not-so-easily-offended which is great. <BR/><BR/>Not a big fan of political correctness, myself, Shadowfalcon :) Or people who like to thinkthemselves 'Politically correcter than thou'. But I like to poke fun at it, hence the tone of the post... I am a fan of sensitivity to other's feelings, though, and always try (but often fail) to keep it in mind.<BR/><BR/>Actually, boo!, in the jungles of Peru some indian tribes are known to dip their freaks into melted chocolate before parading them up and down the settlement and then devouring them during full-moon rites. Pretty interesting! (though not recommended)<BR/><BR/>Buddhism is a fascinating way of thinking and I wish I could spend more time studying it. What are other people's views on it?<BR/><BR/><BR/>warning : some of the above may contain creative embellishment, especially anything to do with chocolate dipsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29877130.post-24273122905998319272007-02-23T13:59:00.000+00:002007-02-23T13:59:00.000+00:00Thought you might enjoy this morsel from Answers.c...Thought you might enjoy this morsel from Answers.com. The least complicated solution happens a lot during a kitchen table conversation and a hot cup of coffee. <BR/><BR/>Occam's razor: from Answers.com<BR/><BR/><BR/>William of Ockham <BR/><BR/>Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor) is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham (Guilhelmi Ockam and Guillermi de Ockam in Latin [1]). Originally a tenet of the reductionist philosophy of nominalism, it is more often taken today as a heuristic maxim that advises economy, parsimony, or simplicity in scientific theories. <BR/><BR/>Occam's razor states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating, or "shaving off," those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory. In short, when given two equally valid explanations for a phenomenon, one should embrace the less complicated formulation. The principle is often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae (law of succinctness): <BR/><BR/>entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, <BR/>Source: Ockham's razor: Definition and Much More from Answers.comDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918023028083199890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29877130.post-9106278177916981112007-02-22T10:17:00.000+00:002007-02-22T10:17:00.000+00:00Oops, that was me using the term 'religious freaks...Oops, that was me using the term 'religious freaks'...Let me clarify, that as DrEamer put it, I don't consider all religious people religious freaks (in fact I think they're a small, yet highly annoying, minority). <BR/><BR/>About the non-religious freaks, heck, I could be one of them! But I am a completely non-violent one (Buddhism comes close to my set of beliefs - but my beliefs keep changing). <BR/><BR/>On a more serious note, I am sorry if I have offended anyone with my 'religious freaks' phrase. I did not mean it (although to be honest I do have a bias against religions, but try to keep it in check).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29877130.post-60410388524362925752007-02-21T12:12:00.000+00:002007-02-21T12:12:00.000+00:00"I draw the line at murder." i love it. buddhism..."I draw the line at murder." <BR/><BR/>i love it. buddhism anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29877130.post-59589945443733222242007-02-20T20:58:00.000+00:002007-02-20T20:58:00.000+00:00Freaks are flavourful.Mmmmm.... freaks.Freaks are flavourful.<BR/><BR/>Mmmmm.... freaks.Boo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13880653211607257589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29877130.post-2471396108529393012007-02-19T09:28:00.000+00:002007-02-19T09:28:00.000+00:00Down with the freaks...sorry I was meant to be pol...Down with the freaks...sorry I was meant to be poltically correct wasn't I?ShadowFalconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705530281109481071noreply@blogger.com