Ockham's Razor

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Thoughtful people have their say, without interruption, on important science-related topics. William of Ockham was an English monk, philosopher, theologian, who provided the scientific method with its key principle 700 years ago. 'What can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more,' he said. That is, in explaining any phenomenon, we should use no more explanatory concepts than are absolutely necessary. Simplicity should never be despised. Thoughtful people have their say, without interruption, on important science-related topics.

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  2008-11-30 Innovation today, not tomorrow
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +1000
  Professor Kurt Lambeck, President of the Australian Academy of Science, assesses the Cutler Report and the Green Paper, an outcome of the Review of the National Innovation System. He suggests ways in which Australia must increase its investment in science and technology.
  
  
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  2008-11-23 The meaning of life
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +1000
  Dr Jack Carmody, who coordinates a postgraduate course in Medicine and Music at the University of Sydney, tells us amongst other things how hormones influence the brain, the march of DNA down generations and reproduction.
  
  
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  2008-11-16 The return of the Osprey
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +1000
  Ospreys are a bird of prey and are found in costal regions worldwide. Unfortunately, in the UK at the start of the 1800s these birds were high on the list of species to be destroyed. Today Bob Holderness-Roddam, Project Officer with Volunteering Tasmania, tells of his experiences as a volunteer in Scotland in the 1960s, protecting the nests of the few remaining breeding birds.
  
  
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  2008-11-09 I wish I had become a scientist
  Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +1000
  The Managing Director of Centurion Enterprise Management Services in Victoria, Dr Ron Harper, wonders what might have been if he had chosen a career as a scientist. However, he chose a career in management and today tells us what makes a good and efficient manager.