In My View, The Argument From Parsimony Is Really No Argument At All - It Typically Functions Only To Shut Down More Interesting Discussion. If History Is Any Guide, It's Never A Good Idea To Assume That A Scientiﬁc Problem Is Cornered.

-David Eagleman

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In My View, The Argument From Parsimony

David Eagleman

In My View, The Argument From Parsimony Is Really No Argument At All - It Typically Functions Only To Shut Down More Interesting Discussion. If History Is Any Guide, It's Never A Good Idea To Assume That A Scientiﬁc Problem Is Cornered.

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It Is More Parsimonious To Assume That The Sun Goes Around The Earth, That Atoms At The Smallest Scale Operate In Accordance With The Same Rules That Objects At Larger Scales Follow, And That We Perceive What Is Really Out There. All Of These Positions Were Long Defended By Argument From Parsimony, And They Were All Wrong.

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