「假設最少的解釋，往往最接近真理。」當要在競爭理論中做出選擇時，奧坎剃刀給我們一個原則――簡約原則這原則近八百年來讓人類解放了科學、型塑了宇宙。知名生物學家約翰喬伊•麥克法登（JonJoe McFadden）解說「奧坎的剃刀」（Occam’s Razor）原理如何促成自然科學的無限發展並形塑世界。「奧坎的剃刀」主張「如非必要，勿增添實體」，亦即「假設最少的解釋，往往最接近真理」，此原理在14世紀由方濟會修士奧坎的威廉（William of Occam）提出，主因中世紀繁瑣的哲學爭論而生。在《越簡單越強大》一書中，麥克法登以科學家身分追溯百年來的自然科學發現，從地心說到量子力學、遺傳學，簡約原則是破解這些重大謎團的關鍵，形塑了我們對這個宇宙的瞭解。 作者更舉例說明，除了自然科學的突破受到簡約原則的深刻影響，莎士比亞也曾說：「簡潔是智慧的靈魂。」（Brevity is the soul of wit），簡約原則在文學、戲劇、詩歌、工業革命、蘋果（Apple）的產品設計、建築物的線條、現代文化中皆是被廣泛遵從的中心理念。簡約原則所擁有的顛覆力量，摧毀了多餘的假設，催生了我們看待世界的全新方式。它不僅是種審美品質，也讓我們在更深刻形式的直覺理解中體驗到振奮的力量。它透過自然史及人類起源的再鑄過程，作者將帶領我們重新認識自身及世界，看見複雜事物背後的真理，並正確知曉奧坎的剃刀的偉大及重要性。
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