Razor sharp: The role of Occam's razor in science
Razor sharp: The role of Occam's razor in science
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剃刀锋利:奥卡姆剃刀在科学中的作用
DOI:
10.1111/nyas.15086
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
McFadden J
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作者:
McFadden J
Occam's razor—the principle of simplicity—has recently been attacked as a cultural bias without rational foundation. Increasingly, belief in pseudoscience and mysticism is growing. I argue that inclusion of Occam's razor is an essential factor that distinguishes science from superstition and pseudoscience. I also describe how the razor is embedded in Bayesian inference and argue that science is primarily the means to discover the simplest descriptions of our world.
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