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Two Guys on Your Head
Each week on Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, explore different aspects of human behavior and the brain.

Occam's Razor

KUT 90.5 | By Jack Anderson
Published February 8, 2019 at 9:41 AM CST

From seeing a UFO to advancing a conspiracy theory, often the simplest explanation is the most likely one. Yet we still tend to fancy convoluted ideas with lots of moving parts, just because they sound good to us.

On this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss Occam's Razor.
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