The Razorblade Smile is the act of using MySpace, Facebook or other popular social sites to make give someone mild to severe mental distress or even lead them to suicide. This is done by creating a false profile, befreinding and or seducing them online, then turn on them in some horrible way. All the while never comming into live contact with the target.(Razorblade for them, Smile for you)
A woman posed as a teenage boy to seduce and ultimately destroy her daughter's best freind using the MySpace network. The girl she wrote to commited suicide shortly after the "break up". A true example of the Razorblade Smile..
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Guillermo keeps five razoy in his pocket at all times so that he can cut his every day after leaving work.
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Get the Razoy mug.A variation on Occam's Razor devised by Hank Green theorizing that if an anomaly in society can be explained by socioeconomic status, it's probably that, rather than whatever obscure detail the anomaly is trying to measure.
Does playing racquet sports make people who play them live longer than everyone else? No, Hank's Razor indicates that people who play racquet sports are more likely to be wealthy and have better access to health care.
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Get the Hank's Razor mug.Razma is a funny girl that has a warm heart, a funny laugh and very caring, yet she has a kind sense of humor. After meeting a Razma you will never forget her or want to loose her, she is a great person who deserves the highest honor for being such a great friend and a wonderful role model. She is positive, and knows how to make her friends and the people around her feel complete, add she brings joy to every conversation. Just being able to be around her presence is a blessing, i love her and she always knows hows to make me smile, and feel happy. She is someone I don't ever regret meeting, or would want to loose.
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(1911 is 777 in the Hexadecimal number system (Base 16). 777 Is the opposite to 666.)
(1911 is 777 in the Hexadecimal number system (Base 16). 777 Is the opposite to 666.)
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Get the Razor 1911 mug.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. This principle is often called the principle of parsimony. It underlies all scientific modelling and theory building. It admonishes us to choose from a set of otherwise equivalent models of a given phenomenon the simplest one. In any given model, Occam's razor helps us to "shave off" those concepts, variables or constructs that are not really needed to explain the phenomenon. By doing that, developing the model will become much easier, and there is less chance of introducing inconsistencies, ambiguities and redundancies.
Though the principle may seem rather trivial, it is essential for model building because of what is known as the "underdetermination of theories by data". For a given set of observations or data, there is always an infinite number of possible models explaining those same data. This is because a model normally represents an infinite number of possible cases, of which the observed cases are only a finite subset. The non-observed cases are inferred by postulating general rules covering both actual and potential observations.
For example, through two data points in a diagram you can always draw a straight line, and induce that all further observations will lie on that line. However, you could also draw an infinite variety of the most complicated curves passing through those same two points, and these curves would fit the empirical data just as well. Only Occam's razor would in this case guide you in choosing the "straight" (i.e. linear) relation as best candidate model. A similar reasoning can be made for n data points lying in any kind of distribution.
Occam's razor is especially important for universal models such as the ones developed in General Systems Theory, mathematics or philosophy, because there the subject domain is of an unlimited complexity. If one starts with too complicated foundations for a theory that potentially encompasses the universe, the chances of getting any manageable model are very slim indeed. Moreover, the principle is sometimes the only remaining guideline when entering domains of such a high level of abstraction that no concrete tests or observations can decide between rival models. In mathematical modelling of systems, the principle can be made more concrete in the form of the principle of uncertainty maximization: from your data, induce that model which minimizes the number of additional assumptions.
This principle is part of epistemology, and can be motivated by the requirement of maximal simplicity of cognitive models. However, its significance might be extended to metaphysics if it is interpreted as saying that simpler models are more likely to be correct than complex ones, in other words, that "nature" prefers simplicity.
Though the principle may seem rather trivial, it is essential for model building because of what is known as the "underdetermination of theories by data". For a given set of observations or data, there is always an infinite number of possible models explaining those same data. This is because a model normally represents an infinite number of possible cases, of which the observed cases are only a finite subset. The non-observed cases are inferred by postulating general rules covering both actual and potential observations.
For example, through two data points in a diagram you can always draw a straight line, and induce that all further observations will lie on that line. However, you could also draw an infinite variety of the most complicated curves passing through those same two points, and these curves would fit the empirical data just as well. Only Occam's razor would in this case guide you in choosing the "straight" (i.e. linear) relation as best candidate model. A similar reasoning can be made for n data points lying in any kind of distribution.
Occam's razor is especially important for universal models such as the ones developed in General Systems Theory, mathematics or philosophy, because there the subject domain is of an unlimited complexity. If one starts with too complicated foundations for a theory that potentially encompasses the universe, the chances of getting any manageable model are very slim indeed. Moreover, the principle is sometimes the only remaining guideline when entering domains of such a high level of abstraction that no concrete tests or observations can decide between rival models. In mathematical modelling of systems, the principle can be made more concrete in the form of the principle of uncertainty maximization: from your data, induce that model which minimizes the number of additional assumptions.
This principle is part of epistemology, and can be motivated by the requirement of maximal simplicity of cognitive models. However, its significance might be extended to metaphysics if it is interpreted as saying that simpler models are more likely to be correct than complex ones, in other words, that "nature" prefers simplicity.
One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything
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