Is Astrology Parsimonious?
The term “parsimonious” means “sparing or frugal.” In science, to say that theories must be parsimonious means that they should not postulate any entities or forces which are not necessary to explain the phenomena in question. Thus, the theory that little fairies carry electricity from the light switch to the light bulb is not parsimonious because it postulates little fairies which simply aren’t necessary to explain the fact that, when the switch is hit, the bulb comes on.
