- Shaw's Principle: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.
- Law of the Perversity of Nature: You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.
- Law of Selective Gravity: An object will fall so as to do the most damage.
- Sattinger's Law: It works better if you plug it in.
- Lowery's Law: If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
- Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it - get a bigger hammer.
- Cahn's Axiom: When all else fails, read the instructions.
- Law of Research: Enough research will tend to support your theory.
- Maier's Law: If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.
- Peer's Law: The solution to the problem only changes the problem.
