One could argue the reverse: given that most past pandemics had a zoonotic origin, the simpler explanation is that this pandemic did, too. Occam’s razor is not a fact or even a theory.

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This article was originally published with the title “Simple Explanation of Model Basin Methods” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 97 No. 23 (December 1907), p. 418 doi:10.1038 ...