Just a thought (surely unoriginal) regarding the ubiquitous Murphy's Law. I propose this be called "Murphy's Meta-law":
People only think about Murphy's law when something has gone wrong. Thus, Murphy's law is self-validating.
This is related to the notion of hindsight bias.
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Actually, people also think about Murphy's Law when they anticipate that something will go around (which is especially valid for pessimists).
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