• Skua@kbin.earth
    91·
    8 个月前

    Occam’s razor states that the most likely explanation for something is the one that requires the fewest assumptions. Your explanation - that the cat’s owner regularly bathes the cat for no good reason - requires large assumptions about the owner that there is no evidence for. It is therefore not the answer that Occam’s razor leads to

    • Lumidaub@feddit.org
      23·
      8 个月前

      It requires the assumption that the person has a cat and lives in a country where they commonly bathe cats.

      • Skua@kbin.earth
        61·
        8 个月前

        Is that fewer assumptions than “there was a good reason to wash the cat”?

        You’ve also assumed that:

        • The actual original poster did not give any explanation on their post, wherever that was (since we know the tumblr blog is not the original)
        • That they would give an explanation if there was one (you have to assume this for not doing so to be meaningful evidence)
        • That they are acting surprised by the cat’s appearance despite seeing it regularly
        • Lumidaub@feddit.org
          24·
          8 个月前

          “There may be more information elsewhere” is always implied or we couldn’t talk about anything at all ever.

          • Skua@kbin.earth
            41·
            8 个月前

            The belief that there isn’t more information despite knowing we don’t have the original source is the assumption

            • Lumidaub@feddit.org
              24·
              8 个月前

              Okay. What are we talking about? I honestly don’t care about the person in the OP, they may or may not be someone who bathes their cat regularly and I have nothing but this posting. How does this affect the fact that it’s not the best idea to bathe cats unless there’s a very good, specific reason?

              • Skua@kbin.earth
                21·
                8 个月前

                Are you getting threads mixed up? The only thing I’ve been arguing is that there is no reason to think that the cat’s owner does bathe the cat without a good cause

                • Lumidaub@feddit.org
                  21·
                  8 个月前

                  And I wasn’t arguing against that, just that there are reasons to think the opposite as well.