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From: roger@.
In one age, called the Second Age by some,
(an Age yet to come, an Age long past)
someone claiming to be israel t wrote
in message <87ekgeurev.fsf_-_@kafka.homenet>:
>Roger writes:
>>>Applying Occams razor, your explanation is so way out that it is ludricous.
>> Because you say so?
>William of Ockham said, " Do not multiply entities unnecessarily"
>( He actually said:"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem".)
>
>Your argument necessitates postulating an entire technology capable of sendin
men to the moon.
>Do you realise how enormous the infrastructure needed for this is ?
>
>While my simple but elegant argument requires nothing more than movie special
effects.
Very special special effects, none of which were available at the
time, and a conspiracy encompassing tens of thousands of people, not
one of which *every* let slip anything in support of the existence of
this conspiracy.
>> Let's apply the Razor to this, tho: what is the *point* of this hoax,
>The Razor is not about intention or even about teleology.
>Rather the principle underlies all scientific modelling and theory building.
>It admonishes us to choose from a set of otherwise equivalent models of a
>given phenomenon the simplest one.
>
>What could be simpler than " It was faked" ?
Of course, you ignore the ramifications of that idiocy.
Which is probably why you snipped my question without so indicating:
what it the *point*? *Why* would such a fake even be considered.
Be careful that you don't make too many assumptions which cannot be
shown: the Razor is poised...
>> I think the aluminum foil in your colander is developing holes...
>I used metallised mylar these days.
>Much more reliable.
>
>And my haberdasher is so excellent at inserting it into my hats and coats.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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