David Eagleman: "Para ilmuwan sering berbicara tentang kekikiran (sepe...

"Para ilmuwan sering berbicara tentang kekikiran (seperti dalam "penjelasan paling sederhana mungkin benar," juga dikenal sebagai pisau cukur Occam), tetapi kita tidak boleh tergoda oleh keanggunan argumen dari kekikiran; jalur pemikiran ini telah gagal di masa lalu setidaknya sebanyak yang berhasil."

--- David Eagleman

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Scientists often talk of parsimony (as in "the simplest explanation is probably correct," also known as Occam's razor), but we should not get seduced by the apparent elegance of argument from parsimony; this line of reasoning has failed in the past at least as many times as it has succeeded.