Murphy's law

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
phrase
adage
gptkbp:field engineering
popular culture
gptkbp:formedBy 1949
gptkbp:hasVariant If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Murphy's law
gptkbp:influenced humor
risk management
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Edward_A._Murphy_Jr.
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_States
20th century
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:John_Paul_Stapp
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Finagle's_law
gptkb:Sod's_law
gptkbp:statedIn Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
gptkbp:usedIn project management
systems engineering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Milo_Murphy's_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6