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Action and reaction are equal and opposite. -Gertrude Stein

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing. -Horace

All men are equal before fish. -Herbert Hoover

William of Occam's Razor
The principle states that one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed.
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One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
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All things being equal the simplest solution if often right.

...I would have to add that all of the religions today seem archaic and dangerous. -Joey

Drew would have to also add,
I don't think god is in heaven anymore, that was a long time ago.
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A quandary.

13 comments:

  1. quite the intriguing equations you came up with...and nah he's too busy trying to make it happen down here...smiles. nice tt!

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  2. A quandary indeed.

    And opposite equals accomplish nothing. ;)

    Don't know why that always pops in my head, but it does.

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  3. Hmm equations I understand now that's a first for the numerophobic me! Hmm all the religions of today ARE archaic and dangerous!

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  4. Indeed, equal and unequal when pulling equally, mean one remains stationary. God is sulking. He is not in his heaven, but I can see no evidence that he is down here either.

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  5. Great comparisons. I especially like the words of William of Occam's Razor. It is so easy to fool ourselves into over complicating things.

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  6. I've always loved Occam's Razor. I've also always loved Sherlock Holmes's version of it: Eliminate the impossible and whatever is left, however improbable, is the solution.

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  7. "All men are equal before fish".....I will definitely need to remember that one. I can think of occasions when that thought could come in very handy. :)

    PG

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  8. I had a chemistry professor ask me one time if I was greater than or equal to my lab partner who was a football player who weighed 200 pounds more than I. I looked the professor in the eye and said "No man is greater than another, but a woman is always greater tha a man." He passed me.

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  9. Love your take on the theme. And I laughed out loud at Gladys' comment. I think we often tend to over-think things.

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  10. Love this post, cuz Jayne.
    And i adore, and yeah--LOL'ed at Gladys' response. ;)

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  11. When You Think About It, It all adds up..Nicely summed up!

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