![]() ![]() ProphetZarquon ( talk) 17:30, 14 November 2021 (UTC) I always thought that the simplest explanation for the Barber paradox, is that the barber is female, so she is not one of the men who does not shave themselves & there is no paradox. Was Randall's pen running low that day? Barmar ( talk) 17:59, 13 November 2021 (UTC) But Megan's hair seemed to have thinned out in 1505. Megan and Cueball are walking similarly as that comic and 1315: Questions for God. This comic really reminds me of 1505: Ontological Argument. ]) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)īenford may have something to say about the number of injuries he subsequently observes needing treatment, on any given day. The highest likelihood (and funnier line) is that Peter (referring to The Peter Principle) grabs the razor. Shouldn't the name of the comic be "Razor", since that's the common concept? Barmar ( talk) 22:50, 12 November 2021 (UTC) "Simplify, simplify, simplify!" - Thoreau "Why didn't he just say Simplify" - One of the panelists on Says You 162.158.106.131 20:46, 12 November 2021 (UTC) I might not have done, but I believe your explanation would have suffered later hyperverbiation by others, anyway, but mine covered at least one extra issue (the continuity of the razor throughout it all) that could postpone this. I also thought I was minimalist (except for the different Incomplete-BOT-thing submitted, probably) and consciously overwrote you by my own 'from scratch' one after I got the inevitable edit-conflict. I think keeping the explanation simple would also be appropriate.Ĭombines Occam's razor with the barber paradox. The minimalist nature of the cartoon seems appropriate to the subject. Transcript Megan: The simplest explanation is that Occam shaves the barber.Īdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! Discussion Alternatively, invoking Murphy's law makes the principle of Occam's Razor itself, or its use in the comic, "go wrong", possibly rendering the solution invalid. The title text invokes Murphy's Law: the expectation that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong." When you shave with a cut-throat razor, there's multiple things that could go wrong, many of which would cause harm to the person being shaved. ![]() Her proposal is humorous and does not of course resolve the paradox, as the barber is still not shaving himself (so he should shave himself, so he shouldn't shave himself.) Occam's Razor is named in honor of philosopher William of Ockham (Ockham being a town in England) and she declares that William shaves the barber. Megan tries to invoke Occam's Razor to create a simpler solution to the paradox. It is an attempt at a concrete, real-world analogue of Russell's Paradox in set theory. The paradox is that if he does, then he shouldn’t, and if he doesn’t, then he should. The Barber Paradox postulates a town barber who shaves all those, and those only, in the town who don’t shave themselves, and asks whether the barber shaves himself. The word ' razor' is intended to evoke the image of shaving off superfluous elements. It is often phrased as "the simplest explanation is best". Occam's Razor is the principle that explanations should not postulate more entities than necessary. ![]() This comic invokes three philosophical topics: Occam's Razor, the Barber Paradox and Murphy's Law. Title text: Oh no, Murphy just picked up the razor. ![]()
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