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The simplest explanation is probably the right one - or so Occam's Razor has taught us for centuries. Yet in an age of artificial intelligence, quantum mysteries, and unexpectedly mature early galaxies revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope, this ancient principle faces its greatest challenge yet. Boris Kriger argues that simplicity is not a law of nature but a disciplined habit of thought. When wielded with humility, the Razor sharpens judgment; when treated as dogma, it becomes a blade that cuts away essential truth. From neuroscience showing how our brains instinctively seek tidy explanations to the ethical dangers of reducing human suffering to single causes, this book reveals why the world refuses to be simple-and why that refusal is not chaos, but life itself. A manifesto for responsible reasoning in a complex era, Beyond Occam's Razor invites readers to embrace the tension between elegance and fidelity, to prune what is superfluous while preserving what is irreducible, and to recognize that true understanding often lies in knowing when to stop cutting. Keywords Occam's Razor - parsimony - complexity - philosophy of science - interdisciplinary thought - artificial intelligence - intellectual humility

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