Ultimate Razor: What does not lead to the True Happiness of all is not worth the attention of all, or probably any at all. Thought: As life is too short, only focus on the ultimate goal, and other sub-goals needed to reach it.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that...

Rand’s Razor: Prior to philosophising, the philosopher needs to identify their initial, irreducible, primary axioms. Thought: Be as clear as you can in the first place to become even clearer, as clear as you can be.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows...

Sagan’s Standard: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Thought: Ordinary claims require only ordinary evidence; unless they were mistaken as ordinary.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (‘shave off’)...

Popper’s Falsifiability Principle: For a theory to be considered scientific, it must be falsifiable. Thought: Even the scientific are called theories as they might be invalidated in time, by other theories that seem more valid later, in the quest for truth.   (In philosophy, a razor is...

Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword: If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate. Thought: Life is too short to debate in the first place, on what is unverifiable at the end of the day.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb...

Hitchens’ Razor: What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Thought: The burden to create faith must be borne by those who wish others to have faith.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (‘shave...

Hume’s Razor: If the cause, assigned for any effect, be not sufficient to produce it, we must either reject that cause, or add to it such qualities as will give it a just proportion to the effect. Thought: A cause that is inadequate to explain an effect is not the cause, or not the only...

Grice’s Razor: As a principle of parsimony, conversational implications are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations. Thought: Speak and write simply yet clearly, to be heard and read as so.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows...

Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Thought: Malice arises from stupidity, which should be empathised with compassion; instead of retaliated with malice, which is just as, if not more stupid.   (In philosophy, a razor is a...

Occam’s Razor: Simpler explanations are more likely to be correct; avoid unnecessary or improbable assumptions. Thought: Things are often simpler than imagined, or more complex than imagined; seldom exactly as imagined.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that...