Originally Posted by
ZeBedie
The obsession of some with Occam's Razor seems inappropriate to me, in that the wisdom of a 14th century academic may not be relevant to a very unusual 21st century aircraft loss.
After all, most aircraft accidents are the result of multiple causal factors, hence the swiss cheese model.
I don't recall anyone claiming that William of Occam was a trained aviation accident investigator.
But I suspect that those who are have no problem with the principle that the fewer assumptions that are made, the better.