Argument Quote by David Eagleman

Occam's razor suggests that, if some event is physically plausible, we don't need recourse to more extraordinary claims for its being. Surely the requirement…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

Were it not for Occam's Razor, which always demands simplicity, I'd be tempted to believe that human beings are more influenced by distant causes…

— Richard Russo

So Occam's razor - Occam says you should choose the explanation that is most simple and straightforward - leads me more to believe in…

— Richard Dawkins

Nonbeing must in some sense be, otherwise what is it that there is not? This tangled doctrine might be nicknamed Plato's beard; historically it…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

While Occam's razor is a useful tool in the physical sciences, it can be a very dangerous implement in biology. It is thus very…

— Francis Crick

It is more parsimonious to assume that the sun goes around the Earth, that atoms at the smallest scale operate in accordance with the…

— David Eagleman

In my view, the argument from parsimony is really no argument at all - it typically functions only to shut down more interesting discussion.…

— David Eagleman

“Occam's razor." "Yes. When formulating a theory, eliminate as few assumptions as possible. In other words, the simplest explanation is the most likely.”

— Lisa Kleypas

“Of course, logic is not the only tool used in debate, and it is helpful to be cognizant of the others. Rhetoric likely tops…

— Ali Almossawi

“shave you mind with occam's razor everyday”

— Paul Grimsley

I'm not a theoretician about playwriting, but I have a strong sense that plays have to be pitched - the scene, the line, the…

— Tom Stoppard

“The uncertainty principle signaled an end to Laplace's dream of a theory of science, a model of the universe that would be completely deterministic.…

— Stephen Hawking