Episode 137: Occam's Razor and Simple History

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4.8 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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simplesthttps://brionmcclanahan.com/support https://mcclanahanacademy.com http://learntruehistory.com I hear many people--including "distinguished historians"--suggest that the War for Southern Independence can be explained by one word: slavery. Years ago I had someone tell me this was justified by "Occam's Razor," the idea that the simplest explanation was usually the correct one. That might work for science or theology, though that is debatable, but it does not work for history. I explain why in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

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0:51.2	Welcome back to the Brian McClan Show. This is episode 137. Glad to have you back on the program. Glad to be here. This is the first podcast for 2018, and I'm doing something a little different. So if you're listening to this on the MP3, you're just getting the audio. But here on out well at least this works okay
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