“There never was a sounder logical maxim of scientific procedure than Ockham’s razor…before you try a complicated hypothesis, you should make quite sure that no simplification of it will explain the facts equally well.” – Charles Sanders Peirce

“The more basic knowledge you have the less new knowledge you have to get. You just have to know a few things and know them very well.” – Charlie Munger

The simpler the better: relate to the basics; get the basics well; do the basics well.

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