In the 14
th century, William of Ockham said, “Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem,” which is Latin for “Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.” This means that, if more than one theory can explain the experimental evidence, you should prefer the simpler one. [
Baker, 2022] This particular faith-based principle, which is known as Occam’s Razor, has failed on more than one occasion. I will give you two examples.