<P> From the Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus: </P> <Ul> <Li> 3.328 "If a sign is not necessary then it is meaningless . That is the meaning of Occam's Razor ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> 3.328 "If a sign is not necessary then it is meaningless . That is the meaning of Occam's Razor ." </Li> <Dl> <Dd> (If everything in the symbolism works as though a sign had meaning, then it has meaning .) </Dd> </Dl>

Parsimony can serve as a substitute for good explanations or logic