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莫非定律和我最近一直在看的「The Secret秘密」似乎相違背，又似乎是同樣的道理！

莫非定律說：會出錯的是，一定會出錯
在「The Secret」裡應該會被解讀為：因為你一直想著就是會出錯！（所以宇宙會說：「是的主人，您的要求就是我的命令」）

莫非定律說著一種尷尬的、諷刺的定理，看看笑笑就好，或者擇善固執。
覺得很有趣，於是做了部分書摘，分別是「研究篇」與「學院篇」

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學院篇

Vile的教書定律（Vile's low  for educators):
課沒人聽，一教錯就有人聽(No one is listening until you make a mistake)

Weiner的圖書館定律（Weiner's law of libraries）:
永遠找不到答案，只找的到另外一本書名(There are no answers, only cross-references.)

實用恐怖定律(lows of  applied terror):
1.考試前看筆記，最重要的部分一定字跡潦草。(When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible.)
2.讀得越多，越拿不定標準答案是那個。(The more studying you did for the exam, the less sure you are as to which answer they want.)
3.期末考百分之八十的考題都出自於自你翹掉的那一堂課，上的是你沒讀的那一本書。(Eighty percent of the final exam will be bases in the one lecture you missed about the one book you didn't read)
4.歷史期中考前一天晚上，生物學老師就會出兩百頁的海蟲學課業。(The night before the English history midterm, your Biology instructor will assign two hundred pages planaria.)

以此類推：
每個老師都以為學生除了自己這門課，沒別的事好做。(Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor's course.)

Seeger定律(Seeger's law):
括號裡的東西都可以不管(Anything in parentheses can be ignored.)

Seit的高等教育定律 ( Seit's low of higher education):
修過才能畢業的課，一定得等到最後一學期才開。(The one course you must take to graduate will not be offered during your last semester.)

學期報告的莫非法則(Murphy's rule of the term paper):
寫報告最重要的那本書或者期刊，在圖書館裡就是找不到。(The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.)

以此類推：
就算找到了，最重要的一頁已被撕走了(If it is available, the most important page will be torn out. )


研究篇

Gordon的定律(Gordon's law):
不值得做的研究計畫就不值得好好做。(If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well)

莫非研究定律(Murphy's law of research):
實驗做多了理論就成立。(Enough research will tend to support your theory.)

Finagle的第一定律(Finagle's first law):
實驗如果成功，一定是出了什麼錯。(If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.)

Finagle的第二定律(Finagle's second law):
不管想要的結果是什麼，總是有人急著(a)誤解，(b)假造，(c)相信自己篤信的理論也有同樣的結果。(No matter what the anticipated result, there will always be someone eager to (a) misinterpret it , (b)fake it, or (c) believe it happened to their own pet theory.)

Finagle的法則(Finagle's rules):
1.研究要透澈，著手之前最好完全瞭解。(To study a subject best, understand it thoroughly before you start.)
2.手邊總是要有一份資料紀錄--好讓人家覺得你在研究。(Always keep a record of data-- it indicated you've been working.)
3.總是先畫曲線再編內容。(Always draw your curves, then plot your reading.)
4.沒把握就要說得跟真的一樣。(In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.)
5.實驗都可以重新來過--然後以同樣的方式失敗。(Experiments should be reproducible --they should all fail in the same way. )
6.奇蹟不要相信--要依賴。(Do not believe in miracles--rely on them.)

Wingo的格言(Wingo's axiom):
只要學會光做不想這種簡單的技巧，所有的Finagle定律（就是上面那一大段）都可以不管。(All finagle laws may be bypassed by learning the simple art of doing without thinking.)

Young的定律(Young's law):
所有偉大的發明都由錯誤造成。(All great discoveries are made by mistake.)

無用因數(futility factor):
實驗不會一無是處--至少可以當作錯誤的示範。(No experiment is ever a complete failure -- it can always serve as a negative example)

全貌原則(Whole picture principle):
從事研究的科學家完全陷在自己的工作裡頭，沒有一件事能看清全貌，包括自己的研究。(Research scientists are so wrapped up in their own narrow endeavors that they cannot possibly see the whole picture of anything, including their own research.)

Campbell的定律(Campbell's law):
大自然最怕沒頭腦的實驗者。(Nature abhors a vacuous experimenter.)

Souder的定律(Souder's law):
一再出現不代表成立。(Repetition does not establish validity.)

Hanggi的定律(Hanggi's law):
研究的內容越是瑣碎，越多人會讀了便同意。(The more trivial your research, the more people will read it and agree.)

以此類推：
研究的內容越是事關重大，懂的人就越少。(The more vital your research, the less people will understand it.)

Einstein的心得：
數學定理與現實世界有關連的地方，他們不確定;他們能確定的，肯定與現實世界無關。(Inasmuch as the mathematical theorems are related to reality, they are not sure; inasmuch as they are sure, they are not related to reality.)

Felson的定律(Felson's low):
偷一個人的想法叫做剽竊，偷許多人的想法叫研究。(To steak ideals from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.)