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		dragonwriter on Feb 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Unive... > Occam's razor would immediately discard quantum theory No, it to wouldn't; quantum theory is quite plausibly the most parsimonious explanation consistent with the evidence.

oniMaker on Feb 11, 2017 [–]

The point is that it would seem ridiculous to start from nothing and jump to such a counter-intuitive theory.

dragonwriter on Feb 11, 2017 | [–]

Occam's Razor has nothing to do with starting from nothing, it has to do with selecting among competing explanations for a set of known facts.

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