Chandra was reading in bed when she suddenly thought she saw something that looked like a ghost standing over the end of her bed. Chandra chuckled, and told herself that she must have dozed off and dreamed it because that is far more likely than the existence of ghosts. In this example, Chandra is relying on what principle of critical thinking?

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Chandra is using Occam's razor, which states that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. In this case, it is simpler to believe that she was dreaming rather than the existence of ghosts.

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