[porkloin]

Just curious - why am I suddenly seeing so many people referencing occam's razor? It is happening way too frequently to be a coincidence. Was the idea featured someplace recently? It seems like just about every tech-ish thread on reddit and HN has one "Occam's Razor" dude for the last couple weeks.

[kuinak]

That would be the simplest explanation.

[mentat]

Well played.

[bluishgreen]

"Occam's Razor, now with 6 blades and soothing aloe strip" https://twitter.com/vgr/status/691823304471121924

[ch4s3]

Could just be Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon/frequency illusion.

[Terribledactyl]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequ...

[0xffff2]

I wouldn't be so sure it's not a coincidence.

http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/theres-a-name-for-tha...

[porkloin]

Yeah, that would be true if I hadn't already heard of it I guess. I've also seen a lot of people talking about baader-meinhof, so I suspect it might just be that pop psychology is the tech bro humblebrag du joir this week.

[Terribledactyl]

It can still be the case despite knowing it. Simply being aware of the existence of a bias isn't enough to counter it in a lot of cases.