Analyzing a case of liability in the Gemara with Rabbi Peretz Segal.
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Occam's razor is the principle that the simplest explanation is the best. It could be that these lights above are spaceships landing, but it's a very very hard thing to justify. I can scratch my beard like this. I could scratch my beard like that, but I wouldn't do that. Occam's razor means slice it off. There are many possible ways of understanding this. The simplest way of understanding it is we're discussing a single case between two litigants, not a case between multiple litigants. Could we say Could we say it
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