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From Kieran Healy, a nifty visualization of the relationships among three time-honored eponymous “rules”: “Occam’s Razor,” “Chekhov’s Gun,” and “Chesterton’s Fence.”

“Razor, Gun, Fence” from @kjhealy.co‬.

* Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1 (echoing Proverbs 1:20-21, in which Lady Wisdom is portrayed calling out in public places, but most often ignored)

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As we ponder perspicacity, we might recall that on this date in 2012 a tragic instance of Chekhov’s Law occurred: a mass shooting occurs at a movie theater in Aurora, a Denver suburb, killing 12 people—the youngest a 6-year-old girl—and injuring at least 70 others… one of a way-too-long list of the guns around us in the U.S. going off in mass shootings.