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Re:Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe? by dragonwriter on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:44PM (#13624028)
> 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.

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Re:Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe? by oniMaker on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:52PM (#13624065)
The point is that it would seem ridiculous to start from nothing and jump to such a counter-intuitive theory.
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Re:Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe? by dragonwriter on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:57PM (#13624095)
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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