Admit no more causes of natural things than are both true and sufficient to explain them

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• Nature is pleased with simplicity and has no use for superfluous causes INIsaac Newtonc. 1713–1726
• Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined DHDavid Humec. 1748
• There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses RTRabindranath Tagore28 Feb 1895
• A conclusion cannot rest on its simplicity alone; it must be backed by empirical evidence. SPShane Parrish28 Oct 2019
• No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish DHDavid Humec. 1748

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