Occams Razor

It advises that the simplest explanation is most likely to be true

A practical tactic is to look at your explanation of a situation, break it down into its constituent assumptions, and for each one, ask yourself: Does this assumption really need to be here? What evidence do I have that it should remain? Is it a false dependency?

Occams Razor in medicine

• If all the symptoms of a patient is explained by
• one single disease
• 3 different diseases

opt for the former explanation.

• Contrast with Hickams dictum