Explanation Quote by Lisa Kleypas

“Occam’s Razor: The simplest theory is usually the correct one.” He”

— David S. Brody

“Occam's Razor" was a principle designed to urge one to select the hypothesis or theory that made the fewest assumptions. Though on the surface…

— Steven Konkoly

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

Theories can be based on any assumptions, however bizarre.

— Milton Friedman

“Simpler theories may be more convenient to work with, but they are not intrinsically more probable than complex ones.”

— Samir Okasha

One does not ask whether a scientific theory is true, but only whether it is convenient.

— Henri Poincare

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

— David Antin

A theory's assumptions always are and ought to be unrealistic. Further, we should attempt to make them more unrealistic in order to increase a…

— Satoshi Kanazawa

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.

— Massimo Pigliucci

“If theory means a reasonably systematic reflection of our guiding assumptions, it remains as indispensable as ever.”

— Terry Eagleton

... one of the main functions of an analogy or model is to suggest extensions of the theory by considering extensions of the analogy,…

— Mary Hesse

We can invent as many theories we like, and any one of them can be made to fit the facts. But that theory is…

— Albert Einstein