While Occam's razor suggests that the simplest explanation is the most likely, implying in medicine that diagnosticians should assume a single cause for multiple symptoms, one form of Hickam's dictum states: "A man can have as many diseases as he damn well pleases."
Despite Occam's razor recommending that the simplest explanation is the most likely, indicating in medical diagnostics that diagnosticians should assume a single cause for multiple symptoms, one version of Hickam's dictum states: "A person can suffer from as many illnesses as they wish."