&gt; Focusing on simpler ideas that fit the facts is more profitable than focusing on grandiose ideas, even if grandiose ideas also fit the facts<p>Prove it.<p>There is no scientific basis for Occam&#x27;s razor. It&#x27;s just a rule of thumb, used by its originator to suggest that the simplest explanation for everything is God. Feel free to use it for ordering possible explanations by complexity, but don&#x27;t mistake it for a scientific tool, because it isn&#x27;t.