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Academic spots studious youngster, 7, with head in psychology book on subway, invites him to visit elite institution A seven-year-old boy on a crowded train in China, who was reading about a ...
Murphy's Law is the debut album by St. Louis rapper Murphy Lee. On October 11, 2003 the album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200 music chart. It was released on September 23, 2003 and was certified gold on November 17, 2003.
Murphy’s Law is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Murphy Lee, released on September 23, 2003 via Universal Records and Derrty Entertainment. The album features guest appearances...
- History
- Academic and Scientific Views
- Variations (Corollaries) of The Law
- Bibliography
- External Links
The perceived perversity of the universe has long been a subject of comment, and precursors to the modern version of Murphy's law are abundant. According to Robert A. J. Matthews in a 1997 article in Scientific American, the name "Murphy's law" originated in 1949, but the concept itself had already long since been known to humans. As quoted by Rich...
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 an exampl...
From its initial public announcement, Murphy's law quickly spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before long, variations of the law applied to different topics and subjects had passed into the public imagination, changing over time. Arthur Bloch compiled a number of books of corollaries to Murphy's law and variati...
Nick T. Spark (2006). A History of Murphy's Law. Periscope Film. ISBN 978-0-9786388-9-4.Paul Dickson (1981). "Murphy's law". The Official Rules. Arrow Books. pp. 128–137. ISBN 978-0-09-926490-3.Klipstein, D. L. (August 1967). "The Contributions of Edsel Murphy to the Understanding of the Behaviour of Inanimate Objects". EEE Magazine. 15.Matthews, R A J (1995). "Tumbling toast, Murphy's Law and the Fundamental Constants". European Journal of Physics. 16 (4): 172–176. Bibcode:1995EJPh...16..172M. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/16/4/005. S2CI...Murphy's law entry in the Jargon File- The Original Murphy's Law. "If something can go wrong, it will." This is the original, classic Murphy's law, which points to the universal nature of ineptitude that results in bad outcomes.
- Misplaced Articles. "You never find a lost article until you replace it." Whether it's a missing report, a set of keys, or a sweater, you can expect to find it right after you replace it, according to this variation of Murphy's Law.
- Value. "Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value." Have you noticed that the most valuable items are irretrievably damaged, while things you don't care about last forever?
- The Future. "Smile. Tomorrow will be worse." Ever believe in a better tomorrow? According to this version of Murphy's Law, you can never be sure whether your tomorrow will be better than today.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 CD release of "Murphy's Law" on Discogs.
Apr 28, 2021 · Murphy Lee – 2003 – Murphy’s Law. 21 December 202128 April 2021. Year: 2003. Audio Codec: FLAC (*.flac) Rip: tracks+.cue. Playtime: 01:09:25. 01. Be Myself (Intro) (0:37) 02.
