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Occam’s/Ockham’s razor someone looks like: Why should I lend him money? I don’t know him from Adam. * The actress is well-known in her own country, but in America they don’t know her from Adam. O Occam’s/Ockham’s razor – лезвие Оккэма, отсекающее в суждениях всё лишнее; (экон. и бизнес) закон минимума допущений This principle takes its name from the English philosopher William of Occam (c. 1289–1349): the image is that of the razor cutting away all extraneous assumptions. The term Occam’s razor first appeared in 1852 in the works of Sir William Hamilton (1788–1856), centuries after Ockham’s death. Ockham did not invent this “razor”; its association with him may be due to the frequency and effectiveness with which he used it. The most useful statement of the principle for scientists is: When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better. In other words, keep things simple! (As) Old as Adam – старо как мир; быльём поросло; очень старый; древний как мир Generally used as a reproof for stating as news something well known: That joke is as old as Adam, or was known as far back as the days of Adam (see As old as Methuselah, p. 15). According to the creation myth, found in the Book of Genesis and the Quran, he is the first human. In the Genesis, he was created by the god of Israel, though the term “adam” can refer to both the first individual person, and to the general creation of humankind. Christian churches differ on how they view Adam’s subsequent behavior (often called the Fall of man), and to the consequences that those actions had on the rest of humanity. Christian and Jewish teachings sometimes hold Adam and Eve (the first woman) to a 120