{{cquote|''"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"'', or plurality should not be posited without necessity.|||[[William of Occam]]<ref>http://skepdic.com/occam.html</ref>}}
{{cquote|''"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"'', or plurality should not be posited without necessity.|||[[William of Occam]]<ref>http://skepdic.com/occam.html</ref>}}
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Occam's razor was formulated by William of Occam. In short, it states that the hypothesis that makes the least assumptions is the best answer for the phenomena. Note: Occam's razor does ''not'' say that the more simple a hypothesis, the better.<ref>http://skepdic.com/occam.html</ref>
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Occam's razor was formulated by William of Occam. In short, it states that the hypothesis that makes the least assumptions is the best answer for the phenomena. Note that Occam's razor does ''not'' say that the more simple a hypothesis, the better.<ref>http://skepdic.com/occam.html</ref>