[Dan Evans]

Actually, Occam's razor says the simplest from a number of equally likely theories is more likely to be the correct one, but I take your point. :-)

I hadn't heard it expressed that way.

Both the definition you gave and the one I gave is problematic because it is difficult to quantify simplicity. And no two theories are equally likely.

That fractal image I posted could be considered just as simple as a circle because they are both created with simple formulas.

But look at this from Wikipedia: "In its simplest form, Occam's Razor states that one should make no more assumptions than needed. "

[Dark Knight]

William of Ockham (1285-1349)
>>He did say `Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate' (plurality shouldn't be posited without necessity).<<

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeImages/People/Ockham/

DK