(April 7, 2023 at 6:28 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(April 7, 2023 at 2:42 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Back when I was a Flat-Earther, and some time afterwards, I used to think that airplanes don't exist. I used to think airplanes are a part of the conspiracy. And I used to think that it's obvious to anybody who knows basic physics and thinks with his own head that airplanes contradict the Torricelli's Law. Truly crazy beliefs. Yet BrimstoneSalad from philosophicalvegan.com managed to talk me out of those beliefs.
the only part of that story that defy occum’s razor is proposition that you can be talked out of crazy beliefs.
How exactly does that defy the Occam's Razor? I mean, what's the simpler explanation that Occam's Razor favors?
