Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate.
— William of Occam, 14th century
Plurality must not be posited without necessity.
Although we've all been thought to try and make it simple under a single wonderful diagnosis, I like Hickam's dictum:
Hickam’s dictum:
“A patient can have as many diagnoses as he darn well pleases."
Occam’s Razor versus Saint’s Triad
n engl j med 350;6 www.nejm.org february 5, 2004
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMcps031794
