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
Doctors often invoke the principle of Occam’s razor, articulated by the 14th-century philosopher William of Occam, who posited that the simplest interpretation of any phenomenon is most likely the right one.
From New York Times • May 26, 2022
They have forgotten the wisdom of Occam's razor: the simplest explanation is more likely than not the correct one.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2020
It seems better to employ the principle of economy known as Occam’s razor and cut out all the features of the theory that cannot be observed.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
