Talk:Murphy's Law

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These should be in a separate article. -- Nx / talk 17:37, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I concur. But what shall we call the article? Laws and Adages? DeltaStar_{Senior Sysop}^{Speciationspeed!} 11:53, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Next thing you know, corollaries will be striking for equal mention. Sprocket J Cogswell (talk) 12:43, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I demand equal treatment for corollaries! ^sshole 14:50, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Incoming

Well its a link to this article but not for this law check it out. 216.221.87.85 (talk) 03:11, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know how true that Beckhap's Law is. I once knew a girl (still do actually, but we only talk rarely now) that was both good extremely good looking and intelligent, pity she was a little emotionally unsettled. - π 05:51, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Isn't this technically magical thinking?

I mean, Murphy's law was crafted for engineers, to help guide them on the idea of coming up with edge case events that can mess up your beautiful invention. Like "Someone will drive a 2 ton truck over your backcountry bridge" or "A hurricane will hit this dam in an area that hasn't seen a hurricane in 100 years, the year after you build it." But conventional perception actually treats Murphy's law as a description of the world. And confirmation bias helps affirm the notion to people. Does that need to be addressed in the article? Ikanreed (talk) 19:30, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Maybe it might, but It applies outside it's original context however. Something can and likely will go wrong, it's just how the world actually is, i don't think it's magical to say so.--Miekal 19:33, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

So when's the last time a tsunami hit New York City? Ikanreed (talk) 19:41, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

It could though, Better to be prepared. If there's a reasonable chance it actually could happen, i dont think its magical.--Miekal 21:37, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Donald Rumsfeld

Is Mruphy's Law in part an expression of the unknown unknowns coming into play? 82.44.143.26 (talk) 19:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

I can't understand this one

Really, it is not clear to me. A lot of bad things happen, but i haven't been strucked by a lighting or being killed by a tornado, and good things happened too. I know that something will fail if given enough time, but the law is kind of fatalistic: Things will go wrong, even if you prepare for the worst (it's a corollary). ^{— Unsigned, by: 190.122.56.144 / talk / contribs}

Butter-side down

Isn't there actually a mathematical explanation for this? Buttered toast phenomenon... we could add that tidbit in the article to make ourselves look even stupider. --It's-a me, LeftyGreenMario! 00:51, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

I'm just going off the top of my head here, but wouldn't the buttered side of a slice of bread be slightly heavier, and thus have greater odds of being the side that ends up touching the ground after falling? It's the same principle as loaded dice. --Luigifan18 (talk) 02:14, 6 December 2022 (UTC)