Ockham's Razor

== Introduction ==
William of Occam was right pissed off with people that were making really intense theories, that were plausible, but were competing against much more straightforward ideas. As such he came up with a principle to cut through all that with his razor, which is basically:'Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected'So when explaining a thing, no more assumptions should be made than are necessary, so stop it with the chem-trail-trail nonsense. We use Occam's Razor primarily in Identity Theory, though it pops up throughout the course.
== Trivia ==
* Though it is named after him, Mr. Occam was not responsible for inventing the concept, he was just rather famous for using it.
* For some reason, they're spelt differently, don't ask me, I'm busy, though this was in the 14th century, so due to literacy rates and the like, it might be that someone heard the name 'Occam' and spelt it phonetically as 'Ockham'
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