Some Strange Pardoxal Cases Generated by the Murphy's Law

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Some Strange Pardoxal Cases Generated by the Murphy's Law

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Seems all started with the project MX981 that took place on Edwards, base of the US Air Force, from 1947 to 1949, the purpose of the project was testing the human tolerance for g-forces during rapid deceleration. tests was using a railroad track propelled by a rocket sled mounted on it, with a series of hydraulic brakes at the end. Medical doctor John Paul Stapp was performing the dangerous tests. to measure the g-forces, Edward Murphy proposed using electronic strain gauges attached to the restraining clamps of stapp's harness. murphy's assistant wired the harness, and a trial was run using a chimpanzee.

The sensors provided a zero reading, however; it appeared they had been installed incorrectly, with each sensor wired backwards. It was at this point that a disgusted murphy made his famous pronouncement: « If that guy has any way of making a mistake, he will ».

Murphy's Law was born: « if anything can go wrong, it will. ».

This law leades to some designations & corollary, the fllowing is my favorite:

the slice / feline paradox: « slice of bread and butter laws affirm definitely butter must touch the floor while feline aerodynamic principles strictly refute the possibility for the cat of landing on the back. If the assemblage of a cat and slice of bread had to land, nature wouldn't be able to resolve this paradox. that why this kind of assemblage never falls ».

The full article is located here: some of murphy's law strange designations