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Origin of Murphy's Law
As the saying goes, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
But did you know that the popular version of Murphy's law that sums up the phenomenon is actually bogus?
Murphy's actual idea proved more beneficial than you think. To understand this, we got to take a trip back to the 50s.
John Stapp, a USAF colonel, headed project MX981 in the Mojave Desert. This challenge essentially involved rocket-powered sleds that rode through the sand, testing the boundaries of deceleration.
Enter an army engineer by the name of Edward A. Murphy, who prepared special sensors for testing the human body's tolerance against g-forces. For some reason, the technicians at the site inserted the sensors the wrong way, which triggered Murphy, who commented, "If there's a wrong way to do something, these guys will do it."
John Stapp was asked at a much-later conference on how nobody was hurt during Project MX981. Stapp replied that it was all thanks to Murphy's Law.
Murphy's Law was not intended to be a pessimistic worldview. It's a reminder to check your mirrors and ensure everything is in working condition before you cruise through life's challenges.
And in case you're still wondering why toast always falls the buttered side down, there's actually a science behind it (hint: the height of your dining table and toast rotations) rather than cosmic juju.
The main point here is to focus on checking your corners and improving yourself constantly rather than taking a defeatist's stance. Murphy would have approved.
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