Occam's Razor
Imagine, one morning, you wake up, and the Wi-Fi isn't working.
Because you're smart 😏, you immediately come up with three possibilities.
The internet provider is experiencing outages.
Your router is broken.
The government has shut down the internet.
While these theories explain the problem, unless you know more, it's hard to determine which of them is true.
Of course, this is where Occam's Razor comes in the picture.
Occam's razor is the idea, that the simplest explanation is usually the best one.
Depending on where you live, the government shutting down the entire internet, requires a lot of moving parts. You need many complicit people and access to the internet company. So this theory is a complex explanation of the symptoms.
The internet company experiencing issues is a less complex theory. It's limited to the company. It requires less moving parts.
But of course, your router breaking, involves only one component: your router.
So, Occam's Razor is suggesting theory 2.
Note, that Occam's Razor does not concern itself with probabilities. Maybe you have a failsafe router. Maybe you are part of the government and would know when they shut down the internet.
Occam's Razor is about checking, which is the least complex theory and then going in favour.
It's a subtle tool.
Occam's Razor also applies to the Graph.
A framework from the Graph that is less complex is favourable to Occam's Razor.
Maybe a Freudian-Slip explains an experience, but maybe you didn't listen and had a bad night. The latter requires less moving parts, so it's favoured by Occam's Razor.
Since, it's a heuristic, Occam's Razor might've failed you. Where have you applied it, when you shouldn't have?