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parsimony [ˈpɑ:sɪməni, Am ˈpɑ:rsəmoʊni] N no pl form

parsimony

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Maximum likelihood is an optimality criterion, as is parsimony. en.wikipedia.org

He is here described as springing from the lowest class of society, and thriving through his extreme parsimony. en.wikipedia.org

When this happens, parsimony may erroneously interpret this homoplasy as a synapomorphy (i.e., evolving once in the common ancestor of the two lineages). en.wikipedia.org

Maximum likelihood came about next, and was a continuation of maximum parsimony. en.wikipedia.org

It is also described as lacking parsimony, despite purporting to be a simple theory uniting many of the unique anatomical features of humans. en.wikipedia.org

In both cases, the effect of this outside intelligence is not repeatable, observable or falsifiable, and it violates the principle of parsimony. en.wikipedia.org

This they had to do in order to make up for the parsimony of nature and out of it all came their high civilisation. en.wikipedia.org

In the scientific method, parsimony is an epistemological, metaphysical or heuristic preference, not an irrefutable principle of logic or a scientific result. en.wikipedia.org

The accumulation of saving and parsimony of capitalists leads to greater increases in capital which leads to a more productive state. en.wikipedia.org

Philosophers have tried to make this heuristic principle more precise in terms of theoretical parsimony or other measures. en.wikipedia.org

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