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simplicity-grounds-interpretation

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A defined simplicity measure, such as the description length of an inductor's trader class, makes one logical-inductor interpretation of an observed process preferred over its alternatives, and relates to condensation's parsimony scores and Wentworth's minimality conditions.

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projects/deference/note-dump-2026-08-11/notes/roadmap.md, Stage 5 ("using simplicity-like arguments"). projects/deference/faf-cleanroom-2026-10-02/packages/udt-condense-dd/udt-condense-dd-findings.md, item 10(b): "parsimony-argument's 'theorem' is non-mathematical: no measure of simplicity is defined".

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