Jack Hamilton wrote:
> Kurt Ullman wrote:
>
> >"when you have two competing theories which make exactly the same
> >predictions, the one that is simpler is the better." (g)
>
> But the guy who was claiming that doctors apply to work on ships because
> they're incompetent wasn't really applying Occam's Razor - he was just
> making unsupported or irrelevant assertions.
Low skill levels is merely one possible reason, and because it is a lot
simpler of an explanation than any of the "possibilities" that Mr.
Hamilton listed, Occam's Razor applies. The fact that there is
lattitude for exceptions in any individual, specific case does not
invalidate the generalized case for what is the more likely.
FWIW, free clue: the similarly "simplest explanation" for why one
would be inclined to go research the specifics of medical
record-keeping requirements outside of a national jurisdiction and so
forth ... would generally be from an actual incident where a need to
consider a medical malpractice lawsuit was present.
-hh
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