1985, A Novel (2025) by Dominic Hoey Longlisted for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, 1985, a Novel is Dominic Hoey’s third novel.  He’s  a poet, author and playwright based in Auckland, and his previous fiction inc…

Longlisted for the #Ockhams, 1985, a novel by Dominic Hoey is a coming-of-age novel set amid the underclass of 1980s Auckland anzlitlovers.com/2026/03/18/1...

See, I'm not alone in my disappointment at the admission of my South Dunedin bros! #CavvyBoy #ockhams #books

IMO there’s no defence for using generative AI in creative work, ever. Not to “experiment”, not for any reason. And saying you’re only stealing from dead people is…a remarkable argument. #Ockhams #kikorangi

Me and fellow judges at of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2025 #Ockhams
@thomconroy.bsky.social and Carol Beu (of The Women's Bookshop fame)
These two are pretty spectacular human beings
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Letting go a little party balloon here... #poetry #pukapuka #aotearoa #ockhams #writing #NZauthors

Disarmingly devastating
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An acute capture of the modern human condition
#booksky #damienwilkins #ockhams #nzliterature

A sharp look into Ockham’s razor Medieval friar William of Ockham posited a famous idea: always pick the simplest explanation. Often referred to as the parsimony principle, “Ockham’s razor” has shaped scientific decisions for centuries. But lately, incredibly complex AI models have begun outperforming their simpler counterparts. A new paper in PNAS argues that by relying too much on parsimony in modeling, scientists make mistakes and miss opportunities.

Misapplied parsimony biases models and generates bad predictions [via Santa Fe Inst. and Marina Dubova] 🧪🖇️✖️

“Scientists need a tool to... build models of the world. Parsimony was historically adopted as an easy tool to use.“

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#Ockhams #razor #scientific #models

2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlist The 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlist was announced today, and their publicist Penny Hartill has kindly sent a user-friendly text version which I have whipped up into a post before headi…

The 2025 #Ockhams New Zealand Lit Awards longlist has been announced: anzlitlovers.com/2025/01/30/2...

Huge congratulations to our friend (and former Poetry Workshop Convenor) Greg O’Brien #ockhams