1. Hanlon’s Razor (aka Hanlon’s Law)
“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”
3. O’Toole’s Corollary of Finagle’s Law
“The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.”
The third is by far the most famous:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
5. Asimov’s Laws of Robotics
- First law: A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- Second law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- Third law: A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.. (See also: the
Peter principle