Alder's razor - Newton's Flaming Laser Sword

"If a claim is not empirically testable, then it is not worth discussing." - Mike Alder

Overview

This is a more extreme version of the Empiricist principle. Named after Isaac Newton. Coined by Australian mathematician Mike Alder in a 2004 article of the same title to be hyperbolically “much sharper and more dangerous than Occam's Razor”.

Also see

• Empiricist principle
• Popper's Razor
• Occam's Razor - Principle of Parsimony

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