Edward Murphy is a simple American military engineer with a great sense of humor. At the end of the forties of the last century, he formulated only one playfully philosophical law. But thanks to him, this name has become a household name. All those analogous laws that were subsequently "discovered" by his followers are now called "Murphy's laws."
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Edward Murphy was a simple American military engineer. He became famous for the fact that in 1949 he formulated only one single jokingly philosophical law: "If there is a danger that any trouble may happen, then it will surely happen."
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At the airbase where Murphy served, all sorts of technical troubles constantly occurred. The young engineer would certainly comment on them sarcastically from the point of view of his law. So it is not surprising that at a press conference dedicated to the completion of all work, the head of the air base called this work overcoming Murphy's law.
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So the news of Murphy's law hit the press. Someone Callaghon commented on him this way: "Murphy is a great optimist." And then a boom began in America, which continues to this day. People of various professions: accountants, lawyers, actors and salesmen began to invent their own Murphy laws in relation to their areas of activity. “Science is always right. Don't be led astray by the facts,”said the scientists. "Clutter breeds jobs," the bureaucrats echoed. And the designers added: "Nobody notices big mistakes."
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There are also abstract, purely philosophical Murphy's laws that are not related to any kind of professional activity. For example: “A shy girl never stalks men. But a mousetrap doesn't hunt mice either. Or: "If a girl stopped looking for the perfect man, it means that she started looking for a husband for herself."
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These newly minted laws are still commonly referred to as Murphy's laws. Even though almost each of them has a specific author, and Murphy himself has nothing to do with them. These laws, by the way, now exist at least several thousand.
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We also have such laws. Only they are called differently. For example, the well-known "law of meanness". Everyone probably knows that in order to avoid rain, it is necessary to take an umbrella with you when leaving the house. At the same time, it is imperative that he bothers you very much. Or run with all your might so as not to be late for the train. Be in time and find out at the station that it was canceled.
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The American writer Arthur Bloch turned out to be a great collector of Murphy's laws. He invented a whole science called merphelogy and even published a book, a kind of set of these laws. It is called "Murphy's Laws and Other Principles by which everything in life goes wrong." It became a bestseller in America and was subsequently published in many countries around the world. And at the end of the last century, it also appeared on Russian book shelves.