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People don't want to know the truth.
Nature operates in the shortest way possible.
Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.
With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.
Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.