Astronomy Cast

Ep. 390: Occam’s Razor and the Problem with Probabilities


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I’m not saying it’s aliens, but it’s aliens. Actually, it’s almost certainly not aliens, or a wormhole, or a multiverse. When scientists discover something unusual, they make guesses about what’s happening. But Occam’s Razor encourages us to consider the probabilities of different events before making any concrete predictions.
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Astronomy CastBy Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay