Re: Determinism

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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:37:59 -0400
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    From: "Robin Faichney" <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 4:42 PM
    Subject: Re: Determinism

    > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:04:59PM +0100, Chris Taylor wrote:
    > > Oh god. Theorising is obviously a bit tricky, so I'll put the point the
    > > other way round - there is nothing which happens that does not have a
    > > cause.
    >
    > Prove it.
    >

    Ocam's Razor:
    In explanation, don't multiply entities unnecessarily. Causality is
    sufficient. The burden of evidentiary support rests upon the positive. It's
    not for anyone else to prove that there ISN'T an unnecessary redundant
    additional unknown factor aside from causality.

    > --
    > Robin Faichney
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