Occam's Razor, the argument morons use to sound smart Definition: the principle (attributed to William of Occam) that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary. The principle is often invoked to defend reductionism or nominalism Examples of OC:  Why is it raining? God is crying. The sun orbits the earth  (until an OC disbelievers) disputed this.  There is no 3D chess, Trump really does have bad spelling. No conspiracy behind 9/11.  It all happened as reported.  OC is basically the lazy man's way of arguing. "This is how it appears.  This requires no further research" It somebody mentions Occam's Razor, please give them a good strong painful kick to the balls.