Fett's law of the lab & Tenenbaum's law of replicability:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The most interesting results happen only once, so never repeat a successful experiment.
Maier's law:
If he facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.
William's & Holland's law:
If enough data is collected, anything can be proven by statistical methods.
Harvard law:
Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, volume, humidity and other variables THE ORGANISM DOES AS IT DAMN WELL PLEASES.
Young's law:
All great discoveries are made by mistake.
Corollary: The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.
Futility factor:
No experiment is ever a complete failure- it can always serve as a negative example
First law of laboratory work:
Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass.
Finagle's creed:
Science is true. Don't be misled by facts.
Muench's law:
Nothing improves innovation like lack of controls
Handy guide to modern science:
- If it's green or it wriggles, it's biology
- If it stinks, it's chemistry
- If it doesn't work, it's physics.
Fifth law of unreliability:
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
Wethern's law of suspended judgement:
Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
First law of debate:
Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
Truman's law:
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
Simon's law of destiny:
Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity lasts forever.
The ruler rule:
There is no such thing as a straight line
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