Occam

I'll also admit that I may have been biased to looking for the signs because of something I had been discussing with my wife that I have now decided to term Occam's Gayzor.

Actors head to Belfast 2009

After they had bene diuers times aboord our shippes, my selfe, with seuen more went twentie mile into the Riuer, that runneth towarde the Citie of Skicoak, which Riuer they call Occam: and the euening following, wee came to an

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

I pointed at a fat bitch at the end of the bar and suggested that he talk to her instead, and he laughed and said it wasn't like that, and anyway, something called Occam's Razor told him that if she drank light beer and avoided the Hog Wings, her problem would probably be less acute.

Prurient Craig Lancaster 2011

Andy says that's called Occam's Razor - go for the simplest explanation as it's most likely to be the right one.

Archive 2010-02-01 TK 2010

Andy says that's called Occam's Razor - go for the simplest explanation as it's most likely to be the right one.

God Squad TK 2010

To be clear: I doubt he has manipulated the draw, but this option still serves a better explanation as the prediction method with 24 people doing automatic writing, so he made the main point of his show without calling it by its proper name Occam's Razor.

Derren Brown And His "Legal Reasons" Jack of Kent 2009

Skicoak, which river they call Occam; and the evening following we came to an island which they call Roanoak, distant from the harbor by which we entered seven leagues; and at the north end thereof was a village of nine houses built of cedar and fortified round about with sharp trees to keep out their enemies, and the entrance into it made like a turnpike very artificially. [

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

To paraphrase Occam ` s razor, everything else being equal, the simplest answer is usually the best.

CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2008 2008

There's also an old idea in science called Occam's Razor, which more or less says that scientists should be biased toward simplicity in explanations.

Archive 2005-11-27 Steve Sailer 2005

There's also an old idea in science called Occam's Razor, which more or less says that scientists should be biased toward simplicity in explanations.

Abortion and crime: So, Levitt was wrong. But, what actually happened? Steve Sailer 2005