1.0 link 209989 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-easterly/back-to-sachs-astrology-d_b_209989.html Sachs Debate, Day Eight. Surprised that Sachs did not understand the point about Occam's Razor -- that a theory should be as simple as possible but no simpler. African poverty is complex, but our theories about it should not have so many complex Buts, Ors, and Excepts that they are impossible to disprove. Ignoring Occam's Razor is how astrologists stay in business. An astrologer might say: "Watch out for strangers, especially those that are short, or...

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