Why Occam’S Razor

@article{Standish2004WhyOR,
  title={Why Occam’S Razor},
  author={R. Standish},
  journal={Foundations of Physics Letters},
  year={2004},
  volume={17},
  pages={255-266}
}
  • R. Standish
  • Published 10 January 2000
  • Physics
  • Foundations of Physics Letters
Ensemble theories have received a lot of interest recently as a means of explaining a lot of the detailed complexity observed in reality by a vastly simpler description “every possibility exists” and a selection principle (Anthropic Principle) “we only observe that which is consistent with our existence.” In this paper I show why, in an ensemble theory of the universe, we should be inhabiting one of the elements of that ensemble with least information content that satisfies the anthropic… 
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