Hanlon's razor

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Hanlon's Razor is an informal logical principle, possibly created by science fiction author Robert Heinlein, generally stated as,

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

or, according to one British writer, "cock-up before conspiracy".

Hanlon's razor, essentially a special case of Occam's razor as applied to interpersonal relations, is generally invoked in the context of trying to refute a conspiracy theory, based on the idea that where a conspiracy is perceived, with no other evidence available, it is more likely to be ineptitude or apathy than malice that results in the problem.

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