Originally Posted by cascade168
Which is pretty much the theory known as Occam's Razor ;-)
Not really - the principle of parsimony says nothing about whether the correct answer is likely to have been overlooked. It also doesn't actually say that the simplest answer is more likely to be true. Rather, the simplest explanation or model is more likely to be useful.
Tim (who is teaching a class at UNC on religion and science, focused mainly on history and philosophy, this semester)