Occam's Razor

YouTube video of two old GIFs summoned at many existence of god(s) debates.

First GIF can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/pridefighter90194/images/orazor.gif

Second GIF can be found here: http://winace.andkon.com/pics/#occam_razor.gif

More information on Occam's razor here: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/OCCAMRAZ.html

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• atheist
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• ockham
• occam
• razor
• creation
• evolution
• religion

[Shadowlit001]

God is infinitely complex, therefore infinitely unlikely to exist. The M-brain theory is more likely to exist than God. A unicorn coming out of my asshole is more likely to exist than God.

[BibleBreaker]

People say "everything has a cause, therefore the universe has a cause, therefore it was caused by God". Of course, the logic turns back on itself--what caused God? You can rewrite it to say "everything except God has a cause"...but if you're willing to admit that there are some uncaused things, how do you know that the universe wasn't uncaused?

[FuckYouLetMeLogIn]

A lot of people don't understand Occam's Razor. They think it means that the least complicated explanation is the preferable on, but that's not what it says. It's not about complexity at all, it's about preferring empirical evidence over assumptions.

Let's say you have a theory that is more complex than a rival theory. Well, if your theory makes fewer assumptions than it's rival, then all other things being equal your theory is to be preferred. That's about as simple as I can make it for you.

[siprus]

god got shaved :D

[barrettw2008]

Basicly saying don't add on to the story...

[444DeanMachine]

I loved this

[FallaciousGee]

Leave philosophy to the philosophers, theology to the theologians, logic to the logicians, etc.

[Knukleheada]

the beginning of the video pretty much sums it all up

[moodysoup]

I'd be afraid that would slit my throat...

[BigEagles33]

I always saw Occam's Razor as covering your ears and yelling "I don't hear you! LALALALALA!"

[GronTheMighty]

"God created it" makes the least sense of all, simply because it makes the most assumptions that're unprovable and un-disprovable and thus unscientific as such ; the mere assumtion that there is an entity such as god, the assumption that god interacts with anything at all, the assumption that the bible tells only truth, the assumption that god would care for creating anything AND the assumption that he actually could create anything, not to mention the biggest assumption: that there is a god...