The Strategic Retreat
False Proverbs: Occam’s Razor
Occam’s Razor pisses me right off. Not, necessarily, the actual Occam’s Razor but more specifically the belief that “the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one”. The belief that the simplest explanation is most likely correct is -for sure- wrong.
People like to smugly throw around this wording, somehow believing that “razor” means law or theory. First off, that’s not actually Occam’s Razor. Second, please stop basing your beliefs off Jody Foster films.
“Simplest” is relative and is based more on our place in the world than the world itself. What is simpler; A rabbi created man… Read the rest
The Grass Will Always Be Greener
A couple of days ago I ran across an article on Slate.com which asks, “Is Facebook making us sad?“. The answered seemed to be, yes. Basically; people judge their happiness in a relative way, overestimate their own struggles and underestimate the struggles of others.
The thing is; we will always overestimate the happiness of others. The grass will always be greener on the other side of the fence. The reason for both is that we allow our false perceptions to become real beliefs. Grass looks greener when viewed from an angle, people put their big-boy underoos on… Read the rest
Adrian Peterson McDonald’s Hoax
So, The Consumerist, Yahoo, Huffington Post, etc are running with this story involving Adrian Peterson. The story, as reported, goes like this: Woman let’s Adrian Peterson use the bathroom, at 3am, at the McDonald’s she assistant-manages from. She then, like a week later, got fired.
Here’s what happened, probably:
- This chick works at McDonalds.
- This chick blows off like a week of work.
- Chick shows up to work at McDonalds.
- Chick gets fired.
- Chick makes up a story.
- Local news reports the story.
- Chick gets her job back.
- National news reports the story.
- Chick loses her job again.