Inverse Occam's razor
Popular Physics
2022-04-19 v1 Materials Science
History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
Scientists have long preferred the simplest possible explanation of their data. More re-cently, a worrying trend to favor complex interpretations has taken hold because they are perceived as more impactful.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2204.08284,
title = {Inverse Occam's razor},
author = {Igor I. Mazin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08284},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
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