Occam's razor
Example Sentences
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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
As for UFOs, Bellows demurred, invoking Occam’s razor: The simplest explanation is the best one.
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2021
He told me about Occam’s razor, about Ptolemy and the music of the spheres, and how everyone had been all wrong about the sun and the planets for so many centuries.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
