According to the principle of parsimony, reports of alien abduction are unlikely to be true because
A) there are several other explanations that are much simpler.
B) aliens do not really exist.
C) eyewitness reports should never be believed.
D) anyone who thinks they were abducted by aliens is clearly mentally unstable.
Answer: A
Rationale: According to the principle of parsimony: the simplest of all competing explanations should be the one we accept. Because there are several alternative explanations for reports of abductions that are simpler than the explanation that real aliens traveled to Earth, evaded detection, and secretly kidnapped people before returning them, this idea should be rejected.
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