Showing posts with label meteorite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meteorite. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Occam

Occam

"I photographed this UFO in the countryside last night. It was like a fireball blazing in the sky."

"I see."

"What do you think? Is it a meteorite, or something else?"

"Well, Occam's Razor tells us we should always prefer the simplest explanation. So, which one is likelier? That a lump of space rock has been floating around for millions of years, avoiding all that time to hit other heavenly bodies, just to fall to earth at the right time and place for you to take a picture of it?"

"Hum... if you put it that way..."

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Help from above

Help from above


Libra: Celestial bodies will clear your path to love and workplace progress today.

"Yeah, right..."

"Poor Johnson. What an awful, unlikely way to die. Oh, well... Smith, starting tomorrow you have his job. Meanwhile, take the day off and go console the widow."