Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Sturgeon's Law
Sturgeon's Law /prov./ "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to `crap'.
http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/SturgeonsLaw.html
Biography:
http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/misc/sturgeon.htmlhttp://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/sturgeon/
http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/sturgeon/
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Hanlon's Razor
Hanlon's Razor /prov./ A corollary of Finagle's Law, similar to Occam's Razor, that reads "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/h/HanlonsRazor.html
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