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 in his own image or our physical reality is an illusion created by man-made machines? 100 years ago; the rabbi, 100 years from now; The Matrix.

What we view as simple is based on our own culture, belief structure and place in the world. When people say “the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one” what they mean is, “whatever I already believe is most likely the correct answer”. The simplest explanation is the one we already hold, that doesn’t make it correct.

Well, I probably shouldn’t be using my magic box on the 7th day of the week anyway. I don’t really feel like being set on fire by the sky-rabbi.