Murphy's Law
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If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
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If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
This law belongs with Murphy's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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