- Simplicity is best understood linguistically (e.g., brevity of expression in the right kind of language).
- Simplicity is a successful (though fallible) guide to truth.
- If (1) and (2), then probably the universe was made for language users or by a language user.
- If the universe was made for language users, it was made by an intelligent being.
- If the universe was made by a language user, it was made by an intelligent being.
- So, probably, the universe was made by an intelligent being.
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