On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, AlberCrombie wrote:

On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, AlberCrombie wrote:

Ever heard of Occam's Razor?  Applies to explanations too.

Nope.  explain.

The simplest explanation is most often right.

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Can you elaborate on this?

Ockham. Philosopher. It was actually about having the minimum number of 
elements in an explanation... he was talking about metaphysics 
(explanations of the physical/sensory world by non-physical mystical 
principles). If we can explain everything with just the physical world, 
we should drop/cut out the metaphysical/mystical. Basically, use as 
little as possible but as much as necessary.
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