I was reading a thread about Occam's razor, and how it applied to cօռspιʀαcιҽs.
People who get all excited about one theorem (e.g., Occam's Razor) become quite foolish in their promotion of it.
It's obvious that the "simple explanation" isn't always the correct one. What about cօռspιʀαcιҽs? And before you scoff, realize that OF COURSE their are cօռspιʀαcιҽs -- unless evil men are forced to remain alone and not communicate with one another, and unless all evil men have an IQ below 70 (NOT TRUE!)
For example, what if two guys got together and conspired to defraud you of your savings? They set up a bank account, got fake IDs, etc. and succeed in bilking you of your savings.
After they got caught, they might claim in the papers, "He never had any money to begin with". What would the average person on the street believe? A) That a couple guys conspired to steal a man's life savings and succeeded, or B) some poor guy failed to save for retirement? Wouldn't Occam's Razor insist on "B"?