So who is the child in Baldander's bed? [was: Juturna, the Missing Sister]

James Wynn · 29 Jul 2010, 14:51 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:51:23 -0500
Subject: (urth) So who is the child in Baldander's bed? [was: Juturna,
 the Missing Sister]
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>> From this, I deduce that Occam's Razor often does not work in trying to
>> understand Wolfe's work.
>
> It's not exclusive to Wolfe's work. In fact, it only works in very 
> specific
> circumstances. Which may be often met, but are very specific nonetheless.

So true. There are few things more annoying (although many as annoying) 
than a debater who invokes Occam's Razor and then sits back and twiddles 
his fingers-- "Problem solved". Occam's Razor says that entities may not 
be multiplied beyond necessity. "Beyond Necessity" is a term that must 
be qualified, especially in a Lupine story.

u+16b9

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