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Why the tooth fairy is important for theoretical physics (opens in new tab)

Covers TIL that Occam’s razor isn’t about the “simplest” idea, but about choosing the explanation that adds the fewest new assumptions or speculative entities.Discussed on Substack

Theoretical physics is notorious for wild ideas that seem, at first, to be nonsensical fantasies. That's where the tooth fairy comes in.

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