From: george knysh
Message: 22123
Date: 2003-05-22
> In reality the principle (Occam's Razor) holds only*****GK: Well I don't know about Occam and his razor
> for statistics:
> If we have a thousand problems and a million
> suggestions for their
> solutions, we are pretty sure to make fewer errors
> if we
> consistently choose thee simplest solution to them
> all than if we
> consistently choose a more complex solution. But we
> make even fewer
> mistakes of course if we investigate the particulars
> and discard
> suggestions that do not fit the additional
> observations we can make.
> The last part has been crucial in the somewhat
> undignified debate we
> have had on the list: A simple solution should not
> be agreed upon
> until there are no more particulars to be taken
> stock of. Am I the
> only one who can see this?
>
> Jens
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