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- Sod's First Law
- When a person attempts a task, he or she will be thwarted in that task by the unconscious intervention of some other presence (animate or inanimate)
- Task Completion Theorem : Nevertheless, some tasks are completed, since the intervening presence is itself attempting a task and is, of course, subject to interference.
- Sod's Second Law
- Sooner or later, the worst possible set of circumstances is bound to occur one way or another, it also reflects with Newton's Third law of motion i.e. for every action there is an equal reaction in opposite direction.
- Corollary - Any system must be designed to withstand the worst possible set of circumstances.
- Sod's Other Law
- The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.
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