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Ockham's razor
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Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Occam's razor. alt-of, alternative
"But at many other times, journalists come up with overly convoluted explanations for Trump's behavior ("this seemingly self-destructive emotional outburst is actually a clever political strategy!") when simpler ones will suffice ("this is a self-destructive emotional outburst."). In doing so, they violate both Ockham's razor and Hanlon's razor — the latter of which can be stated as "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.""
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- 1 the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred wordnet
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