"Who does not remember university, where loads of students were (and constantly are) told "When you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras," which means look for the simplest, most common explanation first."
"The use of the word razor in this context sounds odd to the modern ear, but it is used in philosophy to describe an underlying proposition that permits the 'shaving off' of superfluous explanations!"
"Occam's razor (also known as lex parsimoniae), an often cited principle of parsimony, economy, or succinctness used in problem-solving. It has also been expressed as the KISS principle or "Keep it simple stupid!"."
"Who does not remember university, where loads of students were (and constantly are) told "When you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras," which means look for the simplest, most common explanation first."
"Hickam's dictum"
"Saint's triad"
"But, it is also important to not overlook Hickam's dictum, i.e. "patients can have as many diseases as they darn well please"; this is especially germane in the modern healthcare setting in which multimorbidity is the rule rather than the exception."