#ockham — Public Fediverse posts

"Wie entsteht eigentlich eine #Verschwörungstheorie?' - "Wenn #Ockham sich einen Vollbart wachsen lässt."

While some people are #ockham listed best i can manage is #TheConversation. Strange to write an article on an #Antarctic expedition that was a decade ago - but we only managed to retrieve the full data set 3 years ago when a later expedition managed to get to the instruments and we discovered more data had been collected after the satellite link had broken.

https://theconversation.com/beneath-antarcticas-largest-ice-shelf-a-hidden-ocean-is-revealing-its-secrets-273219

Things pretty buoyant round our place… Tracy - who doesn’t do m’don - is on the #Ockham long list for her most recent novel #Wonderland … now of course there’s the mental roller coaster to next stage. 🎢

https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-01-2026/jacinda-ardern-longlisted-for-this-years-ockham-new-zealand-book-awards https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-01-2026/jacinda-ardern-longlisted-for-this-years-ockham-new-zealand-book-awards

Cutting Down Ockham's Razor via OpenMind Magazine [Shared]

We hear all the time that the simplest explanations are usually the right ones. This truth-testing idea—known as Ockham’s razor, after the English medieval philosopher William of Ockham—has been embraced by no less authorities than Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Today scientists invoke Ockham’s razor on topics ranging from Covid’s origins to cosmic dark matter, while folks debating a subject on social media regularly invoke it as their final arbiter. After all, why complicate something more than you need to? Isn’t it better to shave ideas down to their essential truths?

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/10/01/cutting-down-ockhams-razor-via-openmind-magazine-shared/

#ockham #ockhamsrazor #simple #complex #ideas #explanations #science #scientific #scientificmethod #shared

Recent acquisition for our personal library:

📖 Ockham: Philosophical Writings edited and translated by Philotheus Boehner O.F.M., revised with foreword and bibliography by Stephen F. Brown

#bookstodon #ockham #medieval #england #philosophy

"Wow! Dieses #Aftershave ist toll! Einfache, klare Linie. Und nur wenige Tropfen genügen." -

"Das ist #Ockham|s Rasierwasser."

The Steelyard vs the Razor

http://waitingforabettertitle.blogspot.com/2009/11/saunt-gardan-steelyard.html

#Anathem #Ockham

This print “Occam’s Razor” is about the Law of Economy or Parsimony postulated by Scholastic philosopher William of Ockham (1287–1347), “pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate” or entities should not be needlessly multiplied. More simply this law, or really, rule of thumb is that the simplest explanation is usually right. The print shows Ockham himself, inspired by an image of him from a 🧵 1/n
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#linocut #printmaking #Ockham #OccamsRazor #typography #sciArt #philosophy #histsci #MastoArt

This print "Occam's Razor" is about the Law of Economy or Parsimony postulated by Scholastic philosopher William of Ockham (1287–1347), "pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate" or entities should not be needlessly multiplied. More simply this law, or really, rule of thumb is that the simplest explanation is usually right. 🧵1/n
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#linocut #printmaking #Occam #Ockham #OccamsRazor #typography #sciArt #philosophy #histstm #imaginaryfriends #science #cryptids #MastoArt

Bin ich Fan - Ockhams Rasiermesser –
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ockhams_Rasiermesser#:~:text=Die%20metaphorische%20Bezeichnung%20als%20Rasiermesser,auf%20einmal%20entfernt%20werden%20k%C3%B6nnen. #Ockham

The Ockham Awards 2023: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Since QED 2012 The Skeptic magazine has presented their annual Ockham Awards, as part of our Saturday night’s entertainment. The Ockhams celebrate the best of UK skepticism over the last twelve months, as well as highlighting the most troublesome or prominent pseudoscientists.

https://qedcon.org/news/2023/ockham-awards-the-best-and-the-worst?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=ockhams

#Pseudoscience #Skeptic #Ockham #RustyRazor

Where my #philosophy people, @philosophy ? I love talking about #Ockham #Luther #Wittgenstein #Husserl #Descartes #Hume #Metaphysics #Epistemology #Causation #Nominalism #PhilosophyOfMathematics #Logic #LawsofNature #PhilosophyOfScience

Pls boost & help me find my ppl? Thanks! ❤️

@ameredith Really?! I am absolutely OBSESSED with Wittgenstein, especially his account of mathematics. I’m writing a paper about him and #Ockham now. So much fun!

I will probably lose a lot of followers when things slow down and everyone realizes just how nerdy I am. 😂 (But that’s okay. I’m just so grateful to be here & not the bird place.)

#Science Has No Use For #Ockham's Razor

Post from 2007, surprises me because most theories in science are based on ockham because if your theory is good enough that no one can contradict it then it will be accepted until someone debunks it.

http://hagiograffiti.blogspot.com/2007/11/science-has-no-use-for-ockhams-razor.html

Le Corbeau Qui Croît, une chaîne #Peertube sur Skeptikon très prometteuse avec pour sa première vidéo un scénario sacrément bien ficelé et un montage de ouf pour parler du Rasoir d'Ockham (indispensable pour tout zététicien) et de Bayésiennisme !

https://skeptikon.fr/videos/watch/74ae29f4-41cd-4827-a68d-72676793d557

Vous pouvez le suivre via ce compte : @le_corbeau_qui_croit

#zététique #EspritCritique #scepticisme #Ockham