Murphy's Law- Clarification
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
In the UK Murphy's Law is called Sod's Law, I was told it got known as Murphy's Law by the Americans due to their being an in rush of Irish immigrants doing a variety of jobs including police. :)
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
"Murphy's Law" is an expression which is applied to things going wrong if they can. One law but the possibilities are infinite. The etymology is given in Wikipedia Murphy's law - Wikipedia[^].
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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I am sure, that NOT Murphy discovered that law. :~
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is he subject or direct object? (despite we all like to reject him!)
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I think the definite book for Murphy and all other meta-"laws" is this one:[
Murphy's Law: Complete
](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murphys-Law-Complete-Mandarin-Humour/dp/009944545X/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518089322&sr=1-6&keywords=murphys+law)[^] It is fun, in any case!
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
About 25 years ago, here in Norway a series of four or five books were published with variations on Murphy's Law - in Norwegaian, so they are probably of no use to you. Besides, after the third volume or so, the Murphy element became gradually weaker; the later books are more collections of funny observations / "laws". And, where do you draw the line for "Murphy's Law derivatives"? Like the T-shirt I am wearing today, stating "Experience: The ability to recognize a mistake when you repeat it": Is that a derivative of Murphy, or not?
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
Murphy was an optimist.
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
super wrote:
all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy
It certainly wasn't Murphy's intent to have all those laws, but.. well.. you know the rest.
I live in Oregon, and I'm an engineer.
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In the past and even now I see many "laws" which is somehow called as Murphy's law. To my best of knowledge, Murphy's law was just one and that was "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". So is there any recognized link or book which states all the murphy's law or its that people just made up some law as they fit and credited to Murphy.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
See, even Murphy{s Law can go wrong!
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