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Murphy's law

If something can go wrong it will

What is Murphy's law. Murphy's law is 2020

by Smalltowngirl20 June 5, 2020


Murphy's Law

"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".

From an inventor's viewpoint, this is ultimately an argument for keeping things simple and focused on a single task. The simpler an invention is, the less scenarios need to be considered and tested.

Another way to understand it is as though you are living in the future looking back at a problem that occurred:

"If something went wrong with your invention, it's because you didn't do anything to prevent that scenario from happening".

Examples of things you could have prevented but didn't, and thus went wrong:
- The electrical cables burned the house down because the load was too hot. This could have been prevented by adding a fuse, but you didn't.
- The water heater exploded because it didn't have a pressure release valve, which it could have had, but didn't.
- The door fell off the plane when it went upside down because the hinge pin didn't have a lock, which it could have had, but didn't.
- The Earth shifted and caused cracks in the clay pipes under the house, which could have been prevented if flexible piping was used, but it wasn't.

Again, ultimately this is a reminder to keep your invention as simple as possible. It's often tempting to keep throwing new features into it, to make it appeal to a larger audience or solve more problems, but every new feature creates new, untested possible outcomes which can be hard to predict. Hard to predict that is, until they've happened, which they will.

Inventor 1: I created a lightswitch! It has 2 possible states: on or off. I'm aware all of the scenarios that could exist!

Critic: Great, except I see you used iron on the connector pins. Did you account for the corrosive reaction if copper wire is used against the iron? Murphy's Law dictates that it will happen at some point, because it could.

by pjayyy April 11, 2019


Noah Murphy

The boldest toker the south of Ireland has ever seen. Known for his ability to smoke 9 j’s and still attend his little cousin decos communion in ballymun community parish church.

That young buck Noah Murphy might be my child’s father. — grange moth

by Grangehead2055heartcoldlikeice October 7, 2021


oscar murphy

Dirty pervert that sexually assaults girls

Did you see big oscar murphy?

ew what a neek

by fannyfucka69 July 17, 2020


Murphy bedded

When a defective Murphy bed falls on your head and you are rushed to the E.R. In this same incident your tooth gets lodged back into your gums and your becomes inflamed

He tried to open the Murphy bed, then got Murphy bedded. Now his tooth is missing.

by Alester December 25, 2020


Governor Murphy

That dude that is governor in New Jersey.

Governor Murphy, the name that has to right to be yelled out every second by New Jersey kids

by notanewjerseykid January 26, 2022


Brayden Murphy

A man on the Victor Swim Team that has a big dick. It’s so big that it touches the toilet water.

Brayden Murphy has a big dick

by Hartman_Noah October 13, 2018