Everyone is probably familiar with Murphy's law which states that anything which can go wrong will go wrong.

However, there are many such laws known as eponymous laws which are sayings, adages, or truismsisms which have been attributed to people over the years.

These are not hard and fast mathematical or physical laws, but rather are general truths which

can help you see and understand the world better, and they're usually named after someone.

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There are many truisms that we all know which are less than mathematical or

scientific laws but are still helpful rules for living life. These are

often referred to as laws, raors, dictums, or rules. The most famous, of course, is Murphy's

law, which holds that anything which can go wrong will go wrong. This law is attributed to a man called Edward Murphy who was an American

aerospace engineer. The earliest known use of the phrase was in 1951 and it was

attributed to Murphy by Dr. John Stap, who was an Air Force flight surgeon.

The phrase became really popular with the development of the space program.

Oddly enough, most people use it incorrectly.

They assume it's just a pessimistic outlook on life, when in reality use it is incorrectly

a pessimistic outlook on life

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