Occam Razor

I know, I know. Some of you are saying "ok, what the heck is a Occam Razor", never heard of dat bwand at Wallyworld.....

Pronunciation: 'ä-k&mz-
Function: noun
Etymology: William of Occam
: a scientific and philosophic rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily which is interpreted as requiring that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities