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Occam's Razor is the instrumental lead-off track from The Incident by Porcupine Tree, released in 2009. The track title refers to an observation associated with the English Franciscan friar William of Ockham (c. 1287-1347) that states, "Entities should not be multiplied without necessity." This is often paraphrased into saying that the simplest or most parsimonious explanation is likeliest to be correct, but this is an oversimplification of Ockham's statement; a more correct paraphrase would be that when dealing with competing hypotheses that make the same predic… read more
Occam's Razor is the instrumental lead-off track from The Incident by Porcupine Tree, released in 2009. The track title refers to an observation… read more
Occam's Razor is the instrumental lead-off track from The Incident by Porcupine Tree, released in 2009. The track title refers to an observation associated with the English Francisc… read more

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Porcupine Tree is a British band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom in 1987. During the course of the band's history, it has at times incorporated psychedelic rock, alternative, ambient, electronic, and, most recently, metal and post-rock into its unique style of progressive rock. Since 2010, mainstay Steven Wilson has concentrated on his solo work. On November 1st, 2021, the band announced a new album and tour in the formation Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson, and Richard Barbieri (without Colin Edwin). Porcupine Tree started out as a "… read more
Porcupine Tree is a British band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom in 1987. During the course of the band's history, it has at times incorporate… read more
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