According to Richard Dawkins, so-called laws like Murphy’s law and Sod’s law are nonsense because they require inanimate objects to have desires of their own, or else to react according to one’s own desires. Dawkins points out that a certain class of events may occur all the time, but are only noticed when they become a nuisance. He gives as an example aircraft noise interfering with filming. Aircraft are in the sky all the time, but are only taken note of when they cause a problem. This is a form of confirmation bias whereby the investigator seeks out evidence to confirm his already formed ideas, but does not look for evidence that contradicts them.18
Imagine over 3 years ago
It’s time to change that law, if you ask me. Time to write to our representatives and ask them to finally do something about it.
Gent over 3 years ago
Looks like the book of law is protesting mostly peacefully.
Doctor Toon over 3 years ago
More can go wrong for Horace than for most of us
in-dubio-pro-rainbow over 3 years ago
Law cause my fiery look
Cause it makes a boring book
Leather bound brought by my retired supplier
I smell something that could be fire
I smell something like the lawbook is on fire
I look down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns, the book’s on fire
The book’s on fire
Chris over 3 years ago
failed misseribly at.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ over 3 years ago
You must really be reading outdoors!! How else could the sun have struck your specs and /whoosh!/
InTraining Premium Member over 3 years ago
just put that book under your desk and go get your weenie stick and a package of weenies… lucky you…!
kartis over 3 years ago
I prefer Cole’s Law.
Thinly sliced cabbage.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
Burning the midnight book again,Horace! Hot Topics!
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 3 years ago
And.. another successful experiment completed.
Nougat over 3 years ago
Where’s Milo
Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago
There is no god but Murphy and Finagle is her prophet.
Stephen Gilberg over 3 years ago
Like Homer Simpson’s corn flakes.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
Murphy’s law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy’s_lawhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy’s_law
According to Richard Dawkins, so-called laws like Murphy’s law and Sod’s law are nonsense because they require inanimate objects to have desires of their own, or else to react according to one’s own desires. Dawkins points out that a certain class of events may occur all the time, but are only noticed when they become a nuisance. He gives as an example aircraft noise interfering with filming. Aircraft are in the sky all the time, but are only taken note of when they cause a problem. This is a form of confirmation bias whereby the investigator seeks out evidence to confirm his already formed ideas, but does not look for evidence that contradicts them.18
Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 3 years ago
I little TOO focused, there, Horace…