My understanding of Occam's razor is "use the simplest explanation that fits the facts." The implied question is "Why do Harvard students take this class?" Ra

My understanding of Occam's razor is "use the simplest explanation that fits the facts." The implied question is "Why do Harvard students take this class?" Rather than resort to philosophical mumbo-jumbo (as the article does) about Harvard students feeling a yearning to improve their overprivileged existence, the simplest explanation is that students take the class because it offers an easy A. QED