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The '''Inverted Occam's Razor''' is an ironic metapher for an inverted use of [[Occam's Razor]] in Science. This principle is often used in [[Pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] argumentation, which claims that improbable causes and causal chains make a phenomenon plausible. Typical examples are the study of [[crop circle]] phenomena (Cereology) and of [[UFO]]s
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The '''Inverted Occam's Razor''' is an ironic metapher for an inverted use of [[Occam's Razor|minimalistic principles]] in science. This principle is often used in [[Pseudoscience|pseudo-scientific]] argumentation claiming that improbable causes and causal chains made a phenomenon plausible. Typical examples are the study of [[crop circle]] phenomena (Cereology) and of [[UFO]]s.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Occam's Razor]]
*[[Occam's Razor]]
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[[category:Pseudoscience]]
[[category:Pseudoscience]]