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1. Hanlon’s Razor (aka Hanlon’s Law)


Robert Heinlein

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

2. Sturgeon’s Law


Theodore Sturgeon

“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”

3. O’Toole’s Corollary of Finagle’s Law


“The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.”

4. Clarke’s Three Laws


Arthur C. Clarke

The third is by far the most famous:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

5. Asimov’s Laws of Robotics


Isaac Asimov


There’s also a Zeroth Law.


6. The Dilbert Principle


Dilbert

the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.. (See also: the Peter principle