The principle of Occam’s Razor (or principle of Parsimony) that is promoted by this particular Non-Sequitur strip from yesterday is frequently described just like the young man in the strip says, “the obvious answer (or simplest) usually being the correct one”.
However, there are enough instances where this is not the case that it would be better to adopt the proposal that if there are multiple hypothetical solutions to a problem, those being the simplest in nature would be the easiest to test and if proven incorrect, the quickest to reject; but if proven to work, would also be the quickest and most economical in time and effort to support. My (less than) 2 cents worth. Picky, picky, picky. (click image to read the strip)
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