- Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
- O’Toole’s Corollary: Murphy was an optimist.
- Sturgeon’s Law: 95 percent of everything is crap.
- Mencken’s Law: Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
Borasky’s Law: Sturgeon and Mencken were optimists, too.
Source: What Hath Von Neumann Wrought?
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