The Art of Reading

THE OCCAM’S RAZOR OR OCKHAM’S RAZOR “This is the basis of science. It gives two possible outcomes for an event and the simplest version or easiest to explain of the outcomes is the right one. It deduces that simplicity is the best or easiest explanation to various hypotheses.”  Occam’s razor is not to be used to counter others opinion, its heuristic in nature. It is a tool to disprove something, and you only use it to find possible explanation of an event. Razor is a principle in philosophy that allows one to eliminate ("shave off") unlikely explanations for a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions. The principle of parsimony and the principle of plurality is the same to me heuristically. Parsimony is not using resources available and the principle of plurality stipulates that plurality should not be posited without necessity (pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate). William of Occam was a realist empiricist (perception based on intuitive cognition)....

The nudge theory The theory states that small changes when subtly encouraged can lead to big results . The nudge theory enables us to focus on the minuscule aspects of our life that makes up the big goal or the main objective we desire. The subtle tasks could include setting your alarm 5minutes earlier to encourage you to be prompt. This is a typical example of you nudging yourself to becoming a major partaker in your life’s goals. Hence, there are 7 main steps to encourage you to nudge yourself to task completion: 1. Pursue a single goal that contributes to your well-being, set targets and deadlines: As humans, we tend to fixate on goals we think makes us happy. Say for example, your goal may be to buy a sport car which you think makes you happy, the irony is that it isn’t realistic. Even according to research, the 5 top factors that improves well-being are: social relationship, health and activity, generosity, learning new things and building curiosity. So, it is very impor...