Finagle's Law: N. The Generalized Or `folk' Version Of {Murphy's Law}, Fully Named "Finagle's Law Of Dynamic Negatives" And Usually Rendered "Anything That Can Go Wrong, Will".

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:Finagle's Law: n. The generalized or `folk' version of
{Murphy's Law}, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic
Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong,
will". One variant favored among hackers is "The perversity of
the Universe tends towards a maximum" (but see also {Hanlon's
Razor}). The label `Finagle's Law' was popularized by SF 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.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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