1430 || philosophical shortcuts

Alder's Razor: If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate.

Sagan Standard: Positive claims require positive evidence, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Grice's Razor: Conversational implications are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations.

Chekhov's Gun: If it appeared in foreshadowing, it will likely be used in the future.

Epileptic Trees: The wild, off-the-wall theories that happen when you are looking for Chekov's gun. 

THE SOURCES:

https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the-most-powerful-decision-making-razors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_razor

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EpilepticTrees

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WildMassGuessing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun#:~:text=Chekhov's%20gun%20(or%20Chekhov's%20rifle,fired%20at%20some%20later%20point.

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