ND QB “Issue” Cuts Like A Knife
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Yesterday’s announcement that not 1, not 2, but 3 men are in the race for the starting quarterback of the 2007 edition of the Notre Dame Football Team came as a bit of a shock to a lot of people. And when a lot of people don’t understand something, they tend to come up with wild, speculative ideas on why that something occurred. Take a look at the Kennedy assassination, global warming, or trans-fats to see what I mean.
But a long time ago a guy named Occam came up with a wild idea himself that applies to, well, just about everything.
All things being equal, the simplest solution [/explanation] tends to be the best one.
This idea is known as “Occam’s Razor.” To see how well this idea applies, let’s take a look at some common situations in life and see how Occam would explain them away.
| The Situation | Occam’s Explanation |
| “Girls don’t like me.” | You are ugly. |
| Santa never gave me any presents for Christmas. | You’re a Jewish orphan raised by wolves. |
| Lindsay Lohan | Alien |
| 3 Quarterbacks rather than 2 have a shot to start for Notre Dame this year. | Charlie Weis has decided to let the race playout b/c pairing down the race due to some arbitrary deadline isn’t smart, and Charlie Weis tends to do things that are smart. |
As you can see, most everything that really matters in life is explained pretty well by this principle.
tomorrow by elimination (See, Dad! All that tuition didn’t go to waste!)).





