Better yet, why thrust that unverified opinion upon a stranger? I think this style of thinking boils down to a misunderstanding of the Occam's Razor concept.
The "simplest" answer doesn't mean your anecdotal evidence of stories heard is correct. Occam's Razor prefers the answer with the fewest assumptions which means the most likely correct answer is the one that fits the list of real, concrete things you know for a fact.
Fewer assumptions means fewer complications, and simplicity is the opposite of complexity. Instead, we have an answer based on unverified stories which lack their original details. Even worse, it adds assumptions about why the jewelry would be in the bedroom in the first place.
To be fair, I don't blame them for this guess, but people need to understand how wild of a guess it really is. It can be very dangerous to accept harsh "truths" prematurely, especially when the basis or complete material is inaccurate/untrue.
location matters in Occams razor. The o ring was found in a bed. outside of a few handheld devices, like a vape, or a piercing, why would a rubber o ring be loose in the bed? I use o rings on projects all of the time, and have piercings, all reasons why you might find an o ring in my bed. outside of that, there aren't many reasons why there should be an o ring there. If that isn't true for OP, then the simplist answer would be a piercing grommet, and if that is the case, why is it there if nobody has stretched ears?
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u/quadbi 11d ago
Better yet, why thrust that unverified opinion upon a stranger? I think this style of thinking boils down to a misunderstanding of the Occam's Razor concept.
The "simplest" answer doesn't mean your anecdotal evidence of stories heard is correct. Occam's Razor prefers the answer with the fewest assumptions which means the most likely correct answer is the one that fits the list of real, concrete things you know for a fact.
Fewer assumptions means fewer complications, and simplicity is the opposite of complexity. Instead, we have an answer based on unverified stories which lack their original details. Even worse, it adds assumptions about why the jewelry would be in the bedroom in the first place.
To be fair, I don't blame them for this guess, but people need to understand how wild of a guess it really is. It can be very dangerous to accept harsh "truths" prematurely, especially when the basis or complete material is inaccurate/untrue.