Came across this very interesting theory note: "Rival Visions of Parsimony" @SevaUT @ISQ_Jrnl https://t.co/MYYFu8GDiE
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thank you! if only jordan peterson had read my article, Competing Visions of Parsimony, he would have realized his classic mistake of conflating the ontological and epistemological conceptions of theoretical elegance. i'm sure of it
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Peterson always likes to dress up and be "elegant". But he does not seem to understand how elegance works in science. He needs a little help from his (now) ex-colleague, @SevaUT, a true connoisseur of elegance. Here is the article: https://t.co/IoHUXpF
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…although I think he misdirects the critique a bit by blaming parsimony itself rather than the conflation of two different *types* of parsimony, but anyway https://t.co/Apl45JhNrA