[Rockhounds] Article: Rain of Diamonds

Al Balmer albalmer at copper.net
Fri Jul 11 09:17:26 PDT 2008


On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:15:59 -0400, "J Bryan Kramer"
<codeburner at gmail.com> wrote:

>The best way to look at these "theories" is to use Ockham's Razor:
>
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_Razor>
>
>That's the principal that states that the simplest explanation is usually
>correct. When you hear hoof beats think horse not zebra. No comets are
>needed to explain the presence of diamonds or gold.

Ockham is overworked. Note the "usually" above, and remember that
zebras do exist, in spite of the Razor.

-- 
Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ



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