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  2. Occam's razor - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] Aristotle writes in his Posterior Analytics, "We may assume the superiority ceteris paribus [other things being equal] of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses." Ptolemy (c. AD 90 – c. 168) stated, "We consider it a good principle to explain the phenomena by the simplest hypothesis possible." [12]

  3. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    [12] [6] The 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification contains no less than sixty-three first-level areas. [13] Some of these areas correspond to the older division, as is true regarding number theory (the modern name for higher arithmetic) and geometry. Several other first-level areas have "geometry" in their names or are otherwise commonly ...

  4. Pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Post-term: greater than or equal to 42 weeks and 0 days Naegele's rule is a standard way of calculating the due date for a pregnancy when assuming a gestational age of 280 days at childbirth. The rule estimates the expected date of delivery (EDD) by adding a year, subtracting three months, and adding seven days to the origin of gestational age.

  5. Electoral threshold - Wikipedia

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    The Left fell from 12.8 percent to below the electoral threshold with 2.6 percent in their only western stronghold. Total percentage of votes not represented was 22.3 percent. [75] Israel, 2022 Israeli legislative election. Meretz fell to 3.16 percent thus failed to cross the threshold for the first time.

  6. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The amount of such tax is equal to the sum of 2% of the amount of taxpayer assets exceeding $50 million, but not in excess of $1 billion, plus the applicable percentage (3% or 6% if certain legislation is in effect) of the net value of such taxable assets exceeding $1 billion. The Congressional Budget Office has not reviewed the Millionaire Tax.

  7. Scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Recreational scuba diver The undersea kelp forest of Anacapa Island off of the coast of Oxnard, California Diver looking at a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea. Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. [1]

  8. Rhinoceros - Wikipedia

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    The native Tswanan name keitloa describes a South African variation of the black rhino in which the posterior horn is equal to or longer than the anterior horn. [34] An adult black rhinoceros stands 1.50–1.75 m (59–69 in) high at the shoulder and is 3.5–3.9 m (11–13 ft) in length. [35]

  9. Chris Christie - Wikipedia

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    By most estimates, his approval ratings when leaving office were as low as 15 percent, [275] a drastic decline from his peak approval rating, 77 percent, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. [276] When referring to his low poll numbers, Christie said he did not care because he was not running for office. [277] Christie left office on January 16 ...