the basic laws of human stupidity goodreads

Never assume ignorance when forgivable error will suffice. Never assume stupidity when ignorance will suffice. Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice. I constantly have to remind my partner of Hanlon’s Razor, though I prefer an expanded version of it that states: But it’s important to remember that people make mistakes. What about the extremely well-known Murphy’s Law, and the oft quoted corollary that Murphy was an optimist? Personally, I tend to fall fowl of the deliberately misspelled corollary Muphry’s Law and its buddy Skitt’s Law - “Any post correcting an error in another post will contain at least one error itself” - far more often, myself.

Even Issac Asimov had an opinion on that one: “In ten hours a day you have time to fall twice as far behind your commitments as in five hours a day.” Or maybe you’re trying to find time to get a game in but run head first into Parkinson’s Law and can’t find any free time.

And if you’d waited just a little bit longer, according to Moore’s Law it would have been cheaper and you would have gotten more bang for your buck. Let’s start with Andy and Bill’s Law, which is the reason that no matter how recently you upgraded your processor or graphics card or memory in your computer, you need to do it again soon. Online gaming, like any other human enterprise, is subject to the foibles of human nature and physics. I’m talking about the immutable laws of the internet and the universe. I’m not talking about having the FBI rock up on your doorstep because you did something you shouldn’t have in a game - maybe you just streamed a session of your favorite game and forgot to mute the music.

The basic laws of human stupidity goodreads