> And it bears a family relationship to the “principle of least astonishment,” which holds that if an explanation is too surprising, it’s probably not right. H

> And it bears a family relationship to the “principle of least astonishment,” which holds that if an explanation is too surprising, it’s probably not right. Huh? I thought the principle of least astonishment was a design principle, very different from a scientific one. And this seems like a rather confused article about the philosophy of the razor in general.