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
This is the Occam’s razor explanation for why I’m selling fewer beers than ever.
From Slate • Jul. 5, 2023
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
