claim: Postma's model contains many simple errors; in no way does Postma undermine the existence or necessity of the greenhouse effect.
evidences.evidence_id: Occam's razor:102
evidences.article: Occam's razor
evidences.evidence: Since it is absurd to have no logical method for settling on one hypothesis amongst an infinite number of equally data-compliant hypotheses, we should choose the simplest theory: "Either science is irrational [in the way it judges theories and predictions probable] or the principle of simplicity is a fundamental synthetic a priori truth."
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evidences.evidence_id: Occam's razor:188
evidences.article: Occam's razor
evidences.evidence: Thus, complex hypotheses must predict data much better than do simple hypotheses before researchers reject the simple hypotheses.
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evidences.evidence_id: Occam's razor:281
evidences.article: Occam's razor
evidences.evidence: Minimum description length Minimum message length – Formal information theory restatement of Occam's Razor Newton's flaming laser sword Philosophical razor – Principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate unlikely explanations for a phenomenon Philosophy of science – The philosophical study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science Simplicity "Ockham's razor does not say that the more simple a hypothesis, the better."
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evidences.evidence_id: Occam's razor:78
evidences.article: Occam's razor
evidences.evidence: In the 25 papers with quantitative comparisons, complexity increased forecast errors by an average of 27 percent.
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evidences.evidence_id: Population genetics:63
evidences.article: Population genetics
evidences.evidence: Population genetics must either model this complexity in detail, or capture it by some simpler average rule.
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