I'm not sure "magic" is very simple in the sense of Occam's Razor. It doesn't have any explanatory power, i.e. it takes the place of other explanations that link things together. E.g. having seen a baby, a woman, and a birth, the explanation that a woman can give birth to a baby only requires those three things, whereas the explanation that babies are from magic, women are from magic, and births are from magic doesn't really explain anything, and it posits extra "stuff" anyway.
It doesn't me any that Occam's Razor is always a tad vague.
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I'm not sure "magic" is very simple in the sense of Occam's Razor. It doesn't have any explanatory power, i.e. it takes the place of other explanations that link things together. E.g. having seen a baby, a woman, and a birth, the explanation that a woman can give birth to a baby only requires those three things, whereas the explanation that babies are from magic, women are from magic, and births are from magic doesn't really explain anything, and it posits extra "stuff" anyway.
It doesn't me any that Occam's Razor is always a tad vague.