The Occam’s Razor counterpoint example is a little sketchy, because allowing a disease to progress in certain cases, ischemic bowel for example, is deadly. The simple explanation for abdominal pain (gas, infection, GERD, etc) needs immediate confirmation by lab and imaging tests in order to rule out emergency surgery. Time is tissue.
So I would word that counterpoint as very time-sensitive.
That's an important detail, thanks—I go to my family doctor with symptoms, they'll diagnose me based on the explanation that's simplest and most common, then they'll also order tests to rule out or rule in differentials that could be serious, hence the razor’s limitations.
The Occam’s Razor counterpoint example is a little sketchy, because allowing a disease to progress in certain cases, ischemic bowel for example, is deadly. The simple explanation for abdominal pain (gas, infection, GERD, etc) needs immediate confirmation by lab and imaging tests in order to rule out emergency surgery. Time is tissue.
So I would word that counterpoint as very time-sensitive.
That's an important detail, thanks—I go to my family doctor with symptoms, they'll diagnose me based on the explanation that's simplest and most common, then they'll also order tests to rule out or rule in differentials that could be serious, hence the razor’s limitations.