• hperrin
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    3 hours ago

    That’s also not right. It’s about assumptions. The explanation that makes the fewest assumptions is usually the right one. “Simple”, in this context, means the fewest external necessities to explain some phenomena. So, “god started the fire” might be “simpler” in its construction and interpretation, but “an electrical discharge from the sky started the fire” is “simpler” in that it doesn’t require a force external to nature.