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Murphy's law [a] is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.".. Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and named after, American aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr.; its exact origins are debated, but it is generally agreed it originated from Murphy and his team ...
There are also laws ascribed to individuals by others, such as Murphy's law; or given eponymous names despite the absence of the named person. Named laws range from significant scientific laws such as Newton's laws of motion, to humorous examples such as Murphy's law.
List of eponymous laws (overlaps with this list but includes non-scientific laws such as Murphy's law) List of legislation named for a person; List of laws in science; Lists of etymologies; Scientific constants named after people; Scientific phenomena named after people; Stigler's law of eponymy
Sod's law is a more extreme version of Murphy's law. While Murphy's law says that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong (eventually), Sod's law requires that it will always go wrong with the worst possible outcome or at the worst time. Belief in Sod's law can be viewed as a combination of the law of truly large numbers and the psychological ...
Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990 [1]) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake "Murphy's law", which is said to be "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".
Yhprum's law is the opposite of Murphy's law.The simple formula of Yhprum's law is: "Everything that can work, will work." "Yhprum" is "Murphy" spelled backwards. A more specific formulation of the law by Richard Zeckhauser, a professor of political economy at Harvard University, states: "Sometimes systems that should not work, work nevertheless."
An Oregon man was arrested and charged Thursday for the murder of a car dealership owner who disappeared three years ago, police said Monday. Murphy Henry, 54, was also charged with abuse of a ...
Arthur Bloch (born January 1, 1948) is an American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books. [1] He has also written a self-help satire called Healing Yourself with Wishful Thinking . Since 1986 he has been the producer and director of the Thinking Allowed PBS television series.