[LINK] "Laws of Human Nature" Any more?

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18301-five-laws-of-human-nature.html

Five Laws of Human Nature  17th Dec 2009  by Michael Marshall


1. The Peter Principle. "In any organisation people reach the level of 
their own incompetence". 

2. Parkinson's Law. "Work expands to fill the time available for its 
completion"

3. Parkinson also came up with the "law of triviality", which states 
that "the amount of time an organisation spends discussing an issue is 
inversely proportional to its importance."

4. Parkinson also proposed a "coefficient of inefficiency", which 
attempts to define the maximum size a committee can reach before it 
becomes unable to make decisions. He suggests it lay "somewhere 19.9 and 
22.4 people" 

5. Student Syndrome. "It is standard practice to apply yourself to a task 
only at the last possible moment before the deadline."

6. Hofstadter's Law. "It always takes longer than you expect, even when 
you take into account Hofstadter's law."

7. Pareto Principle. "In most countries 80 per cent of the wealth is 
owned by just 20 per cent of the population."

8. Salem Hypothesis. "An education in the engineering disciplines forms a 
predisposition to creationist viewpoints". 

9. Maes-Garreau Law. "Any prediction about a favourable future technology 
will fall just within the expected lifespan of the person making it."

10. Sayre's Law. "In any dispute, the intensity of feeling is inversely 
proportional to the value of the stakes at issue."

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Any more? 

Cheers,
Stephen


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