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Re: [Phys-l] status of Occam's razor



Al Bachman wrote in part:

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| My understanding of Occam's Razor is that it guides the
| choice between EQUALLY VALID models.
| If the simpler model makes incorrect predictions then we
| reject it. (Or question the experimental results more stringently!)

This is my understanding as well as to what the current vernacular means
when referencing Occam's Razor. So two models that predict all the data
equally accurately are not necessarily equally valid, given that
"meaning" of Occam's Razor.

Joel R.