As the
Archbishop said to the Selfish Gene…
Archbishop: It’s Friday the
13th.
Selfish Gene: So?
Archbishop: Bad things might
happen.
Selfish Gene: Superstitious
nonsense.
Archbishop: You believe in
Murphy's Law.
Selfish Gene: That’s not
superstition. That’s science.
Archbishop: How so?
Selfish Gene: Example: Swiss cheese model. When the holes line up, the bad event flies through, unhindered … you’ve got
a Murphy situation. Like the Air France 447 incident. Scientific explanation for bad luck.
__________
Voice-over
A new Murphy Law? The holes
in Swiss cheese will be in alignment at the worst possible moment.
Feng shui has science behind it too. Don’t build a house where, if you open the front door, you can see clearly through to the back door. The good energy will rush through the house without stopping.
Feng shui has science behind it too. Don’t build a house where, if you open the front door, you can see clearly through to the back door. The good energy will rush through the house without stopping.
While we're about it, how about a new feng shui law?
Arrange the holes in slices of Swiss cheese so there is no clear through path.
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2 comments:
The 13th on Friday? Bad luck? Superstition person think, it's for sure, bad luck. The Murphy Law believer thinks, that's truth. Whatever it becomes, it's the same for both. To trust neither the superstition nor the Murphy, the one who is smarter than those of two.
If I may rephrase what I think is meant here. A superstitious person thinks bad luck causes a bad event. A Murphy believer thinks Murphy is a real devil who causes the bad event. But these are fatalistic attitudes. Smarter is the one who acknowledges organizational weaknesses, supervisional inadequacies, and preconditions for unsafe acts. In other words, the Swiss cheese model.
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