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Re:When Do We Have Empathy for the Mentally Ill? by samatman on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @08:39AM (#18065790)
Occam's razor is the simplest explanation, not the simplest statement.

Tautology has no explanatory power.

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Re:When Do We Have Empathy for the Mentally Ill? by DanBC on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @05:19PM (#18070572)
Incorrect explanations have less explanatory power.
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Re:When Do We Have Empathy for the Mentally Ill? by samatman on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @06:04AM (#18074411)
This is true, but Occam's Razor is "the simplest explanation is usually correct", so we have an infinite regress.
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