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Title: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: RRadio on April 19, 2014, 12:19:38 pm
For the benefit of the tiny minority of readers who might be as stoopid as I am, I'd like to point out that the simplest possible solution to a problem is most likely to be the correct answer. So if you discover that your charger doesn't work don't take the thing out of your coach and try to figure out what's wrong with it only to discover you accidentally turned off the breaker in the panel on the front of the bed, just saying... and of course when you discover a couple of weeks later at a different campground that your 120 volt AC powered air compressor doesn't work don't take the breaker panel in front of the bed apart, remove the breaker you think is bad, discover that half the panel is dead, and then notice one of the 50 amp breakers in the campground's power pole is dead... Doh!... not that any of you would look for a complicated problem when it's really a very simple one... cuz yer smart :)

Ockham's Razor (William of Ockham c. 1287 - 1347) states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: MAZ on April 19, 2014, 12:56:04 pm
Scott, I agree. I have had several similar things happen over the years. Especially when I worked on banking equipment. Sorry but I had a good laugh at your expense. Thanks

Mark
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: wa_desert_rat on April 19, 2014, 12:58:19 pm
Craig's 4th law of dynamic negatives states: "When the last thing you fix makes it work; next time, start there first."

Craig
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: RRadio on April 19, 2014, 01:57:33 pm
...and never ever jump to the conclusion that you cracked a cylinder head just because you see rust on the dipstick when you check the oil... especially if it was a pouring rainstorm the last time you checked the oil and you got water all over the dipstick... nope, I'm not even gonna consider that... at least not now that I've remembered Ockham's Razor :))
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: BamaFan on April 19, 2014, 02:51:22 pm
Funnnnny! Scott, we can all laugh at your expense because we have probably all done some of the same or similar things.
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: Bill Chaplin on April 19, 2014, 03:26:34 pm
why is it what you are looking for is ALWAYS in the last place you look
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: TulsaTrent on April 19, 2014, 03:38:08 pm
why is it what you are looking for is ALWAYS in the last place you look

Because you stop searching when you find it!
 
Trent
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: wa_desert_rat on April 19, 2014, 03:46:40 pm

Because you stop searching when you find it!

Not all of us....

Craig
Title: Re: Ockham’s Razor
Post by: lgshoup on April 19, 2014, 07:33:53 pm
Of course you all know Murphy's Law but do you know Johnson's Law...It states that Murphy was an optimist!