Corollary of Probabilities serve only and exclusively to determine the degree of improbability of... Probabilities serve only and exclusively to determine the degree of improbability of the catastrophes.

Corollary

Source status: Attributed to Sylvain Galibert

If something is likely to happen AND desirable, it won't happen.

- Sylvain Galibert

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

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