tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post5289119111500857956..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: 730 things — Day 37 & 38 of 365Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-69250172200089244552021-04-25T11:56:50.910+01:002021-04-25T11:56:50.910+01:00Yes. So it is more like driving a car than a train...Yes. So it is more like driving a car than a train — rules to follow but a huge level of individual interpretation and application, and many factors to consider (including what everyone else is doing — which continually changes the picture).<br />I remember Michael Lorence (husband of Diana from Innermost House) saying that simplicity eschews complication but is inherently complex.<br />And I think every person espousing simplicity pursues an individual path. I think your Grandad lived in great simplicity even though his house was crammed with stuff. The key is to find one's own sweet spot of authenticity.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-75031250996445361772021-04-25T11:26:23.912+01:002021-04-25T11:26:23.912+01:00The hilarious three cups made me laugh.
I love Oc...The hilarious three cups made me laugh.<br /><br />I love Occam's Razor, but I have a caveat about it that is forming in my mind, and which I will try to express. Life is inherently complex, but the complexity arises from the interaction of simple rules. As an illustration, think of a game of snooker - there is a pretty simple set of rules and basically only one thing that a player does; he must use a stick to hit a white ball into another ball. But these simple rules and interactions generate great complexity on the table as he moves the positions of the balls and must try to plan ahead based on what is happening. I think that people sometimes misapply Occam's Razor, not by going too simple exactly but by failing to recognise that there is complexity that has been generated by simplicity.<br /><br />Reducing things to their simplest form, in terms of understanding, may require a degree of insight into what the simplest form is, as it may be disguised by the complexity that has arisen from it. For instance, in treating a health problem, is the simplest approach to apply one salve to the symptom, or to apply one change to the source of the symptom? Occam's Razor requires us, as well as editing our approach, to edit correctly.<br /><br />Does that make sense?Buzzfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907833292561328868noreply@blogger.com