西方的“墨菲定律”(Murphy s Law)是這樣說的:Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. :“凡事只要有可能出錯,那就一定會出錯。”
“墨菲定律”的原話是這樣說的:If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.(如果有兩種或兩種以上的方式去做某件事情,而其中一種選擇方式將導致災難,則必定有人會作出這種選擇。)