Occam's razor
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While Endres acknowledges the idea as logically possible, he notes that it runs counter to Occam's razor, the principle that favors simpler explanations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025
Asked what he would have done different four years ago, Baffert offered an Occam’s razor kind of answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
The huge “Occam” collection has brought a new philosophy to the fore in her work, derived from Occam’s razor, which declares that “entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
As for UFOs, Bellows demurred, invoking Occam’s razor: The simplest explanation is the best one.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2021
And it shows that something called Occam’s razor is true.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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