Occam’s Razor

I wake up at 5:30 most mornings, not to get to a job but to read and drink coffee…lot’s and lot’s of coffee. I read the newspaper first. I love the feel of turning it’s pages and how it stains the tips of my fingers a charcoal grey. After I finish the paper I turn on my Mac and start REALLY reading the news. I love knowing what’s going on…I don’t care what it is. I just like knowing stuff.

This morning I came across an amazing story about a discovery in Indonesia. Real life Hobbits were fed on by giant Storks. These Storks were 6 feet tall!

You can read about it on this link…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40577049/ns/technology_and_science-science/

My children a veracious readers like me. I have tons of Children’s books for them to choose from. I also like for them to have books and tales from their birth countries. I think they enjoy them the most.

My daughter has a book called, The Voyage Of The Poppykettle. This is a Peruvian tale of tiny little people and their adventure of crossing the pacific after the Spanish invaded Peru. They sail the sea in a Poppykettle. A poppykettle is a traditional Peruvian drink holder. I have several I got while I was in Peru. This is a poppykettle———>
They 'dodge ferocious iguanas near the Galapagos  Islands, getting lost on perilous reefs….finally their kettle comes to rest in a strange new land the can call home-Ausltralia.’


Several things popped into my head when I read about the giant Storks and Hobbit like people.

Mythical Creatures and where they come from…
I think about weird stuff.

Unicorns, the Minotaur, Dragons…


Real Unicorns have been sited…———————>
Yes, I know it’s a Deer….keep reading though...

We all know real Dragons exist. They may not breath fire or know how to fly but their saliva is poisonous and paralyzes it’s prey. They can swim fantastic distances between islands and they are very, very mean. I’m talking about Komodo Dragons of course.

Imagine yourself long ago traveling across the seas to discover things and places. You’re weary of travel and hungry. You come across an Island and set anchor. You get in your little boat and you start to row to the Island. Beads of sweat drip into your eyes, your calloused hands burning each time you pull back the oars. You finally land and start foraging for food. All of the sudden you hear a scream from one of your ship mates. Much to your horror creatures you have never seen before are attacking your friend and begin to eat him. You and the others jump into your little row boat….and the Dragons follow you…all the way to your ship.

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Logic dictates a lot to me. Some may not think I’m logical but I AM!

Occam’s Razor. The term razor (the German "Ockhams Messer" translates to "Occam's knife") refers to distinguising between two theories either by "shaving away" unnecessary assumptions or cutting apart two similar theories.

…YUP!…
What if all these ‘mythical creatures’ existed. Dinosaur bones found during medieval times… What did they think when they found this MASSIVE femur? and then heard the story passed down about the Komodo Dragons?

The story of the hairy little Peruvians…and now they find a cave with the bones of these little people and giant Storks….

I’m gonna say it again….

…YUP!…that’s what I’m sayin’!