"Frustra fit per plura, quod potest fieri per pauciora."
— William of Ockham

January 1, 1970

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It is pointless to do with more what can be done with fewer. — Summa Totius Logicae, i. 12, cited in "Ockham's Razor" by Paul Newall at Galilean Library (25 June 2005)