Bullshit and BullshittersWe've had questions about lies and liars in the past, but this time we're asking about the sort of fantasist who constantly claims they've got a helicopter in the garden or was "second onto the balcony at the Iranian Embassy siege". Tell us about the cobblers you've been told, or the complete lies you've come out with.
Thanks to dozer for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:55)
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isn't Occam's Razorthe theory that the most obvious answer is usually the right one?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 12:22,
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Not quiteIt's more like the simplest answer is usually the right one
Closer in meaning to the Sherlock Holmes quote: "Once you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 12:27,
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simplest answer is usually the right oneLike "god made it."
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Sadly, God is a fictional character which raises all sorts of complications.The simplest answer is that the universe happened.
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 18 Jan 2011, 22:04,
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Generally...It's the answer requiring the fewest assumptions is the correct one.
The belief that an intelligent force existing outside the universe with the complexity required to create said universe in whatever manner requires more assumptions/leaps of faith than the belief that it occurred naturally.
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