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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

"Evolution is so complicated. Can't you see that it's just simpler to admit that God did it?"

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

Please clarify your question. You used the word eccentric which generally implies an obscurity and complexity that generally goes against Occam's Razor... so what, actually, are you looking for?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

What's the most verbose attempt to eschew obfuscation on record?

[-] CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Eccentric meaning the example that would be considered the most foolish or far out. I didn't know a better synonym if the word eccentric doesn't work. Most skeptics would understand the use of the word eccentric, but to give an example, the other day I met a little kid who couldn't understand why the moon is invisible during its full moon stages and why it looks like a cloud, and the little kid said she thought the moon was just a cloud which has turned into rain during the new moon, only to evaporate again. But of course, this is a little kid, so in this case it's not unnatural.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Maybe incredulous is a better word than eccentric

[-] whoreticulture 1 points 1 year ago

The word you're looking for is maybe egregious? or inappropriate?

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 25 points 1 year ago

It's tongue in cheek, but I rather like this one.

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I watched a guy use Occam's razor to kill Schrodinger's cat and then he just fed it to Pavlov's dogs. he said the god particle told him to do it

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Seems like perfect evidence of Murphy's law tbh.

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

I would say the simplest answer in this thread.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Currently, that's your answer.

[-] tourist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
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