principles:murphy_s_law
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Murphy's Law (ML)
Variants and Alternative Names
Context
Principle Statement
Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. So a solution is better the less possibilities there are for something to go wrong.
Description
“If there's more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way.”
Rationale
Strategies
Origin
Evidence
Relations to Other Principles
Generalizations
Specializations
Contrary Principles
Complementary Principles
Principle Collections
Example
Description Status
Further Reading
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