Occam's Razor

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"# Occam's Razor Cambridge, 1687. Newton's at his desk, about to publish something that'll change how we think... forever. But before he gets to gravity, before the orbits and the mathematical architecture of the universe — he writes down four rules. Four simple guidelines for reasoning about nature. Rule one basically says: don't make up more causes than you need. If the evidence points to one explanation? Stop there. Don't pile on extras just because you can. He's not inventing this. He..."