The Watchmaker: my fav argument

[John 6IX Breezy]

I know of no pair of theories in which the simplest that accounts for all of the required elements [emphasis added] is not considered the most robust. 

Science is never in a long enough period of stasis to make such comparisons valuable. And what exactly is your measure of simplicity?

Early in the history of neuroscience there was a debate over the nature of neurons. Golgi argued that neurons were a continuous network; and Cajal argued that neurons were discreet cells. How would you measure simplicity in this scenario? Golgi's view might be simpler, if by simple you mean number of entities proposed; Cajal's view is as complex as the number of neurons it assumes. Golgi's view is perhaps also simpler, in that it doesn't introduce any new problems; Cajal, in contrast, has to figure out how discrete cells can communicate with each other.