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Occam's Razor. When people don't complain when they are free to do so, the simplest explanation is that they have nothing to complain about.

You are positing conditions beyond which the available evidence will support.

Well, that's just you now, isn't it? Don't get me wrong; I wish you a full and speedy recovery. It's just that you are one person complaining about a minor situation for which a viable solution is available to all.

In fact, given the amount of characters allowed in a signature line, it provides more than enough room for a member to fully explain his or her situation, rather than making a single click in a check-box on their profile page.

Another example of where I am different then most people I guess, but more often then not I have found the simplest explanation is only a partial explanation or not the actual explanation at all. I can't understand why so many people are in love with Occam's Razor and use it to imply there is nothing more to discuss.

Thank for your wishes about my health.

I *love* -tropic instead of the roughly equivalent -phillic/-philic? Thank you, for a better alternative!



Occam's is a useful tool when making rough, general decisions. It works well to determine which possibility is most *likely*. However, it's only most useful in typical situations. There are plenty of times when the question Occam's is applied to wouldn't be asked if the situation or data points already fit into "typical", & thus Occam's is already invalidated.