"We consider it a good principle to explain the phenomena by the simplest hypothesis possible."

It can refer either to a possible hypothesis about the future, or to a counter-factual situation in the past.

"There is a second hypothesis possible," Poirol said when we were back home.

Cognitive bias is minimized when all possible hypotheses are considered.

Failure to challenge the first possible hypothesis simply because it sounds logical is unacceptable.

This factor is the same for all possible hypotheses being considered.

However, it is subject to many possible competing hypotheses, making strong conclusions difficult.

The classification of families into subfamilies is often not well resolved, and should be regarded as the best possible hypothesis.

We give one possible hypothesis for each project, but many others are also possible.

One possible hypothesis: The temperature in the shade is at least 10 ?