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Originally posted by Deke4life
Occam's razor is a logical principle attributed to the mediaeval philosopher William of Occam (or Ockham). The principle states that one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed.
If the minimum needed is what we are told by media and politicians, then yes, I am enthusiastically breaking this principle.
However, if this concept is used to look at the most logical reason that is the cause of a certain event, then that is what I am trying to do.
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The literal translation is that plurality should not be posited without necessity - I'm directing you to this concept under the scientific 'guise' of "the simplest solution is probably the best", or that it is necessary to use the simplest subset of theory that fits the given data.
Upon cursory review of the information provided, it feels as if many conceptualizations of how the damage was caused can meet the outcome of "Building 7 hits the dirt" . . . and personally, I think that introducing a new explosive element meets the very definition of pluralized assumptions.
Note that I don't necessarily disagree with you - I just don't find the info nearly as cut-and-dried as you have.
The corollary to this is that you've certainly looked much deeper into this than I, so obviously take that for what it's worth.
-RC
--Boring addendum to an interesting thread.