Wally Occam's Blog

  A TIMELY INVENTION, by WALLY OCCAM’S DAD It is somewhat well-known that Wally Occam ‘s dad invented the Occam Power Mower , but not everyone knows why. The backstory goes like this. Caught Doing QSD in Class Earlier this school year, Wally Occam got in trouble in class. It was reading time, and everybody was supposed to read their own book for an hour. Approaching from behind, Mr. McDour caught him pretending to read The Adventures of Macro Polo. Wally had been caught doing QSD during class, and not for the first time. Parents Called to Principal’s Office This time the principal promptly called the Occams into the office. He showed them Wally’s QSD sketches, which Mr. McDour had confiscated. “I’m afraid we have a potentially serious problem. Your son is shredding chance on two of life’s largest stages, NFL football and Premier League soccer. But he’s using Occam’s Razor to do the job! A Big Problem “Imagine shredding chance repeatedly on an NFL-sized field using a razor. If this...

Introducing Wally Occam: Modern-Day Archetype Here's the first thing to know about the one they call The QSD Kid: He isn’t that genius kid in the photo below, the one he's associated with. That’s the Kid's stand-in double, Samuel Reshevsky. He was recruited for metaphorical purposes. The QSD Kid’s real name is Wally Occam. That said, s ome significant differences between Sam and Wally should be mentioned.  For starters, Sam was a real person. Wally Occam is an archetype. Sam was a super genius. Wally is the epitome of normal. He represents what it means to be a perfectly average 12-year-old kid. Wally Occam's IQ is exactly 100; he eats a bit too much junk food and gets mostly C's in school. Last year, Wally noted that when he focuses, he's much closer to the 'smart' kids than he previously thought. In the fine Occam family tradition, Wally was taught at a very early age that grown-ups don’t always have the correct understandings of things. This speaks t...