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Murphy's law [a] is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.".. Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and named after, American aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr.; its exact origins are debated, but it is generally agreed it originated from Murphy and his team ...
Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990 [1]) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake "Murphy's law", which is said to be "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".
In some cases the person named has coined the law – such as Parkinson's law. In others, the work or publications of the individual have led to the law being so named – as is the case with Moore's law. There are also laws ascribed to individuals by others, such as Murphy's law; or given eponymous names despite the absence of the named person ...
Murphy's Law is a BBC television drama, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Northern Ireland, starring James Nesbitt [1] as undercover police officer Tommy Murphy. There were five series of the drama, shown on BBC One. The first two were composed of individual stories.
Murphy's Law is a 1986 American neo-noir [2] action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman.It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18, 1986.
Murphy’s Law: Let’s not prove Fred Hoiberg right. WHO Des Moines. Keith Murphy. July 14, 2024 at 9:16 PM. In this week’s Murphy’s Law, social media tribalism is wearing many of us out.
Sod's law is a more extreme version of Murphy's law. While Murphy's law says that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong (eventually), Sod's law requires that it will always go wrong with the worst possible outcome or at the worst time. Belief in Sod's law can be viewed as a combination of the law of truly large numbers and the psychological ...
Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are about to be family!. Eddie's son, Eric Murphy, popped the question to Martin's daughter, Jasmin Lawrence, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, the pair announced through a ...