Murphy's Law applies to Murphy's Law, tooThe traditional version of Murphy's Law ("anything that can go wrong, will") is actually "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives." Finagle's Law was popularized by science fiction author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners; this "Belter" culture professed a religion and/or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.Since then, the relentless truth inherent in Murphy's Law has become a persistent thorn in the side of humanity. |