Occam's Approxum
While the discoveries of the Moon Unit and the Moongström were monumental and would have been more than enough to hang my hat on and call my career a successful one;
I took it upon myself to look ever further, towards even more fundamental issues. Many of you will be wondering how that is even possible - trust me, I wasn't entirely
confident about the next stage of my journey either. However, I felt that it was my duty to do what I could to pave the way for those who will follow in my footsteps.
As anyone that has done math will know, approximations are magical tools that help solve problems. After witnessing the power of the approximation, the thought occurred
to me - "Why aren't approximations taken even further?" There existed no answer to this question. It is easy to wonder why the great minds of the past didn't extend
these approximations to their logical conclusions, but hindsight is always 20/20.
Occam's Approxum is a philosophic principle that can be stated thusly: "If there exists an approximation that can be made to simplify a problem, you are free to make that approximation."
An important corollary to this principle is: "Make use of enough ≈ and it is possible to make anything equal anything."
Ever heard of the guy who traded his way up from a paperclip to a house? - it's the same idea.
The two theories that combine to allow for Occam's Approxum are relativity - that everything
is relative, and the 1st Law of Thermodynamics - that stuff isn't created or destroyed, only transformed.
That is precisely what this principle accomplishes, it transforms problems into ones that are easier to solve.
The actual process of applying this principle is expressed in this instruction - "When considering a value that is preventing the solving of a problem, first consider a value much larger than the value in question,
then approximate the smaller value to whatever you need it to be."
*Occam's Approxum is also known as Approccam's Razor*
