http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/112 Ian Lance Taylor Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:02:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/112#comment-8303 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:31:22 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/112#comment-8303 Frank, I'm not sure if you're joking, but the Principle of Mediocrity is not an ideal or an aspiration. It's an assumption about the universe and our position in it. If that assumption turns out to be false, then we need to resolve some other issues, like: why is our universe suited for our sort of life? So, I agree with Nathan: mediocrity is an a minimalist assumption. Frank, I’m not sure if you’re joking, but the Principle of Mediocrity is not an ideal or an aspiration. It’s an assumption about the universe and our position in it. If that assumption turns out to be false, then we need to resolve some other issues, like: why is our universe suited for our sort of life? So, I agree with Nathan: mediocrity is an a minimalist assumption.

]]> http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/112#comment-8267 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:31:46 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/112#comment-8267 The Principle of Mediocrity is close kin to Occam's Razor. The Principle of Mediocrity is close kin to Occam’s Razor.

]]> http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/112#comment-8246 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:01:37 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/112#comment-8246 This principle of mediocrity sounds rather sad as an ideal to try to satisfy. This principle of mediocrity sounds rather sad as an ideal to try to satisfy.

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