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\\\"Occam\\\'s Razor suggests believing the theory with the fewest underlying premises (the aforementioned \\\"not multiplied beyond necessity\\\").\\\"

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\\\"Occam\\\'s Razor suggests believing the theory with the fewest [i]unverified[/i] underlying premises (the aforementioned \\\"not multiplied beyond necessity\\\").\\\"

The major pitfall many conspiracy theorists fall into is that it\\\'s easy to come up with an explanation that requires fewer total premises, even if more of those premises will be based on presumption rather than fact.
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