The Murphy Philosophy Smile, tomorrow will be worse. ************************************ and , selected by murphyslaws.net/edition.htm Searchers Laws You can always find what youre not looking for. If a lost thing is found, something else will disappear. If you file it, youll know where it is but never need it. If you dont file it, youll need it but never know where it is. The first place to look for anything is the last place you would expect to find it. You will always find what you have lost in the last place you look for it. ************************************ Finagles Creed Science is Truth. Dont be misled by fact. ************************************ Finagles First Law If an experiment works, something has gone wrong. Finagles Second Law No matter what the experiments result, there will always be someone eager to: (a) misinterpret it. (b) fake it. or (c) believe it supports his own pet theory. Finagles Third Law In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake. ************************************ Corollaries No one whom you ask for help will see it. Everyone who stops by with unsought advice will see it immediately. ************************************ Finagles Fourth Law Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse. Finagles Law According to Niven The perversity of the universe tends to a maximum. Finagles Laws of Information The information you have is not what you want. The information you want is not what you need. The information you need is not what you can obtain. The information you can obtain costs more than you want to pay. Finagles Rules Ever since the first scientific experiment, man has been plagued by the increasing antagonism of nature. It seems only right that nature should be logical and neat, but experience has shown that this is not the case. A further series of rules has been formulated, designed to help man accept the pigheadedness of nature. To study a subject best, understand it thoroughly before you start. Always keep a record of data. It indicates youve been working. Always draw your curves, then plot the reading. In case of doubt, make it sound convincing. Law of Continuity Experiments should be reproducible. They should all fail in the same way. Correspondence Corollary An experiment may be considered a success if no more than half of your data must be discarded to obtain When you dont know what you are doing, do it NEATLY. Teamwork is essential; it allows you to blame someone else. Always verify your witchcraft. Be sure to obtain meteorological data before leaving on vacation. Do not believe in miracles. Rely on them.
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