Overstatement Quote by Elliott Sober Download Open image “"Simpler is always better" is an overstatement.” — Elliott Sober ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Overstatement
Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones. — William of Ockham Copy Share Image
I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra. — Stephane Rolland Copy Share Image
“heuristic that favors simpler answers—with fewer factors, or less computation—offers precisely these “less is more” — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
Less is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy. — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
From the fact that E is evidence for T and the fact that T entails M, it doesn't follow that E is evidence for… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Evolutionary game theory was originally developed as an alternative to the hypothesis of group selection; now it is clear that game theory models postulate… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Earlier attempts to show that simpler theories always have higher prior probabilities have failed, but there is a restricted circumstance in which the claim… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
"Methodological naturalism" and "metaphysical naturalism" are terms that often surface in the continuing battle between evolutionary biology and creationism/intelligent design. The methodological thesis says… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
The big picture, I think, is that common ancestry is evidentially prior to natural selection in Darwin's theory and in contemporary evolutionary biology as… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
This is not to deny that there are versions of theism that do conflict with evolutionary biology. Young Earth Creationism is an example; it… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Some philosophical arguments (e.g., in connection with the mind/body problem) look pretty good, while others (e.g., those that criticize moral realism) do not. — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
I have spent a lot of time arguing that the theory of group selection is not the stupid, pernicious doctrine that many biologists once… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Group selection and individual selection are just two of the selection processes that have played important roles in evolution. There also is selection within… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Instead of thinking of the question of race genealogically, and leaving it open whether vernacular races are genealogical units, the interest in biomedicine has… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
If the organisms in a species now have trait T, and this trait now helps those organisms to survive and reproduce because the trait… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Leaving out the gamblers, the burglars, and the plumbers, perhaps we do put our trust in God after a fashion. But, after all, it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.” — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
There's been this attempt to block Donald Trump, in primary candidates and Democrats, that - to try to make everything he says some sort… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the whole, and a carefree superlative has the power to destroy, for the reader, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Reserve is strength; overstatement is weakness. No one cares to hear the singer's topmost notes when the voice is 'nigh onto breaking. — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Photography is a kind of overstatement, a heroic copulation with the material world. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
