Occam's razor 2.0
Never attribute to an exciting cause what can be explained by a boring one.
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Hanlon’s beard trimmer*
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If it sounds too good to be true, explain it to what your dad can do with it first, then gauge interest.
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generalized Hanlon's razor?
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I think you mean Occam's
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My preferred formulation of this is "To a first approximation, 'exciting' means 'surprising', which in turn means 'unlikely to be true'."
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Cave horruit (L)
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Corollary, never use the above rule to talk yourself out of what you actually perceive
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This is the first rule you break when you're starting a cult
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E.g. dark matter, black holes, big-bang, the Higgs Boson... right...
#LostInSpace#TheStandardModel#physics#plasma@tboltsproject -
They are less exciting than dancing demons
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