Hewer, Ekkehard WalterEkkehard WalterHewer0000-0002-9128-0364Dettmer, MatthiasMatthiasDettmer0000-0003-0948-1392Vajtai, IstvanIstvanVajtai2024-10-232024-10-232015-11-24https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/136859We agree with the authors' attitude toward fostering the principle of parsimony (also known as Ockham's razor(3) ) - whereby no unnecessary entities/labels should be posited whenever a phenomenon can be reduced to a set of less complex constituents. Nevertheless, we take issue with some of the shortcuts which we feel they engaged in along their line of reasoning. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.en500 - Science::570 - Life sciences; biology600 - Technology::610 - Medicine & healtharticle10.7892/boris.743422659838910.1111/his.12905