Re:The actual article (Score 1)

Whatever happened to the most elegant and simplist solution being the likely right explaination?

Simplicity and elegence are subjective qualities. Try and define simplicity in a theory or a formula - it can't be done well. We had to discuss what makes good scientific theories in a recent seminar, and several benchmarks were suggested: accuracy, simplicity, usefulness, scope etc. We tried to define simplicity and promptly got torn apart by the seminar leader.

So what happened to the most simple and elegant theory being most likely? It's bollocks. Ease of understanding or calculations may lead to choosing one theory over another, but doesn't make it more likely. And if you agree with Karl Popper no scienctific theory is the actual explanation for anything, just the most recent unrefuted theory :P