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		cluckindan 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My 16-month theanine self-experiment Occam’s razor. These compounds do exactly what I’ve described, which directly increases feelings of anxiety.

cachehit 8 months ago [–]

Occam's razor helps identify which hypothesis to test first, it doesn't state some truth.

cluckindan 8 months ago | [–]

Yes. And it recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements.

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