Murphy's Law - Best Explanation And Examples

October 10,
2011

"If anything can go wrong, it will" Murphy's Original Law If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it. Murphy's Law If anything can go wrong -- it will. Murphy's Law First Corollary Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's Law Second Corollary It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. The Murphy Law Philosophy Smile... tomorrow will be worse.  Conclusions If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the first one to go wrong. Corollary - If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then. If several things that could have gone wrong have not gone wrong, it would have been ultimately beneficial for them to have gone wrong. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. If anything can't go wrong, it will anyway. If you perceive that there are four possible...
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