Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Collected Laws

From GlobalNerdy and Boingboing.

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The New Collected Laws:

"For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction."
-Norman Augustine , Augustine’s Second Law of Socioscience

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-Arthur C. Clarke , Clarke’s Third Law

"The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management."
-Scott Adams , Dilbert Principle

"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
-Mike Godwin , Godwin’s Law

"In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."
-The Peter Principle , Laurence J. Peter

"The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct."
-Occam’s Razor , William of Occam

"Bandwidth grows at least three times faster than computer power."
-Gilder’s Law , George Gilder

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