Murphy's Fundamental Principle

Source status: Attributed to Sagar Kalantre

If there are M ways to do a thing, and out of M, N ways lead to the wrong conclusion, then the probability of doing it in one of those N ways is 1. Sent by Sagar Kalantre.

- Sagar Kalantre

Category: Murphy's Miscellaneous Laws

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This law belongs with Murphy's Miscellaneous Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.

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