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| author | Dave Kerr <dwmkerr@gmail.com> | 2019-05-15 23:24:36 +0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-05-15 23:24:36 +0800 |
| commit | 8c36b424ea3b9d7e09e1137eae99d8c3758f846b (patch) | |
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Merge pull request #66 from DillonAd/master
Hanlon's Razor
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Laws, Theories, Principles and Patterns that developers will find useful. * [Amdahl's Law](#amdahls-law) * [Brooks's Law](#brookss-law) * [Conway's Law](#conways-law) + * [Hanlon's Razor](#hanlons-razor) * [Hofstadter's Law](#hofstadters-law) * [The Hype Cycle & Amara's Law](#the-hype-cycle--amaras-law) * [Hyrum's Law (The Law of Implicit Interfaces)](#hyrums-law-the-law-of-implicit-interfaces) @@ -90,6 +91,16 @@ See also: - [The Spotify Model](#the-spotify-model) +### Hanlon's Razor + +[Hanlon's Razor on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor) + +> "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." +> +> -Robert J. Hanlon + +This principle suggests that actions resulting in a negative outcome were not a result of ill will. Instead the negative outcome is more likely attributed to those actions and/or the impact being not fully understood. + ### Hofstadter's Law [Hofstadter's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law) |