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What is an example of Occam’s razor?

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In evolutionary biology, the method of maximum parsimony relies on the logic of Occam’s razor, seeking to construct an evolutionary tree that requires the fewest phylogenetic changes along all branches. However, reliance on this method is controversial, because it may oversimplify evolution, which does not always take a minimum path.

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