How did Occam's Razor come to be misused as a PROOF or EVIDENTIARY argument in...

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...religion/science debates.....? ......considering that Occam's Razor is neither?

(Is it simply a matter of general ignorance among an under-educated general public or was the argument promoted by some prominent writer?)
 
I will quote Chris Chatham from Developmental Psychology

Occam's Razor is actually a vestigial remnant of medieval science. It is literally a historical artifact: William of Ockham employed this principle in his own 13th century work on divine omnipotence and other topics "resistant" to scientific methods. The continuing use of parsimony in modern science is an atavistic practice equivalent to a cardiologist resorting to bloodletting when heart medication doesn't work.
 
I will quote Chris Chatham from Developmental Psychology

Occam's Razor is actually a vestigial remnant of medieval science. It is literally a historical artifact: William of Ockham employed this principle in his own 13th century work on divine omnipotence and other topics "resistant" to scientific methods. The continuing use of parsimony in modern science is an atavistic practice equivalent to a cardiologist resorting to bloodletting when heart medication doesn't work.
 
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