Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, Ocham's razor (Latin: novacula Occami), also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae)

Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, Ocham's razor (Latin: novacula Occami), also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae), is the problem-solving principle that "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity",sometimes inaccurately paraphrased as "the simplest explanation is usually the best one." Similarly, in science, Occam's razor is used as an abductive heuristic in the development of theoretical models rather than as a rigorous arbiter between candidate models.[5][6] In the scientific method, Occam's razor is not considered an irrefutable principle of logic or a scientific result; the preference for simplicity in the scientific method is based on the falsifiability criterion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor Coincidentally: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29250580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29250580