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Ockham was known in his time as William of Ockham, the prolific English philosopher most famous for one big hit: the eponymous Ockham's razor. A champion of simplicity, Ockham made it his mission to argue that things should never be made more complicated than they have to be. If there are a lot of ways to explain a phenomenon, slice your answer as finely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections Are Not that Complicated | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...half centuries, Ockham's razor has demonstrated its power across all disciplines. We figured out that infinitesimal viruses existed long before we could see them, simply by filtering the bigger bacteria out of infectious fluid and finding that it still made lab rats sick. Economics relies on Ockham too. The very best way to increase tax revenue is - sorry to say - to increase taxes. And criminal lawyers absolutely love Ockham: Motive, opportunity and your fingerprints on a weapon don't always mean you did it, but they do often enough that, odds are, you're going away for a reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections Are Not that Complicated | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...because it’s cheap, metallic blue, and made by Good Vibrations—an amazing female-friendly sex store. It’s classic, basic, lustrous, and a pleasure to have in bed. Venus Vibrance and Pulsar Toothbrush: I’d rather not masturbate with my razor (it’s a little scary holding a blade so close such valuable body parts), but it’s rad that there are options in our drugstores for vibrating pleasure! Same for the Pulsar Toothbrush—why shouldn’t brushing our teeth and taking care...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Enjoy a Little V-Play on V-Day | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...jolting three-hour drive out of Dili led to a tiny village high in the razor-like ridges behind the city of Ermera. Reinado's man then hid TIME's vehicle under an old farmhouse roof and snaked through a warren of tiny villages. Suddenly a group of black-clad rebels armed with automatic rifles materialized on a small ridge. In the middle of a nearby glade, Reinado, dressed in camouflage fatigues, held court. "The leaders say different things in front of the people and then different things in the back of the people," he began, angrily waving his rifle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Last Meeting with East Timor's Rebel Leader | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...this ever-so-special year, every vote in Denver will count. As of today, Barack Obama has won 986 delegates, and Hillary Clinton 924, according to CNN. If Virginia, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Indiana vote as expected over the coming months, the margin will remain razor-thin and the nomination could be decided by how superdelegates vote. Democrats might even have a Bush-Gore disaster on their hands: Obama could win more regular delegates than Clinton, but because of Clinton’s close connections with superdelegates, she could win the nomination anyway...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine | Title: ‘Super’ My Ass | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

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