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posted on 2018-02-27, 22:29 authored by John SmithJohn SmithWhat is the basis of Occam's Razor? Why, that is to ask, should simplicity be preferred to complexity? Here an answer to that question is given, together with some real-world examples of the employment of Occam's Razor in problem-solving.