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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a BOT THAT ONLY CREATES ALL PAGES NOT MENTIONING ITSELF - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | This comic | + | This comic conflates three conceptual approaches. {{w|Occam's Razor}}, the {{w|Barber Paradox}} and {{w|Murphy's Law}}. |
− | Occam | + | Occam suggests that explanations should not add unnecessary entities (but be the 'simplest'). The '{{w|Philosophical razor|razor}}' is a principal that conceptually cuts away alternative explanations. |
− | The Barber Paradox | + | The Barber Paradox is a puzzle, derived from {{w|Russell's paradox}}, in which a barber is expected to shave (with an in-universe razor) all men in his town who do not shave themselves. The question is whether he must/must not thus shave himself. |
− | + | In the titletext, Murphy is invoked with the expectation that if anything can go wrong it will. Shaving with a {{w|Straight razor|cut-throat razor}} has failure modes including one explained by this name. | |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
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+ | [One panel. Megan and Cueball walking.] | ||
− | + | Megan: The simplest explanation is that Occam shaves the barber. | |
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