by gruntzooki
“Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.”
o “la pluralidad no se debe postular sin necesidad”
La famosa Occam´s razor o Navaja de Occam que viene a significar lo siguiente:
“La explicación más simple y suficiente es la más probable —mas no necesariamente la verdadera—”
Y tenemos esta otra que un amigo me ha comentado hoy y me gusta casi más que la anterior:
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon´s razor o Navaja de Hanlon, que en español suena así:
“Nunca le atribuya a la maldad lo que puede ser explicado por la estupidez”
Y lo remataremos con esto sacado de la versión inglesa:
A practical observation on the risks of stupidity was made by the German General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord in Truppenführung, 1933: “I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately!”
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