For most educated persons, Murphy's Law is the basic law of the universe, even far more essential than birth, death and gravity.
In its purest type, Murphy's Law says: ?Anything that can go wrong, will go incorrect.? There is an critical but often neglected corollary: ?Many issues that can't go wrong, will go incorrect anyhow.?
I am now pleased to report a loophole. In at least a single critical area of human activity - expository (non-fiction) writing and public speaking - Murphy's Law does not have total coverage. This is due to the fact it can be counteracted, at least partially, by a rival principle that I not too long ago discovered an