Chisholm's Laws of Frustration
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by Staff

Chisholm effect - The basic laws of frustration, mishap, and delay

1st law of human interaction. If anything can go wrong, it will.

  • Corollary: If anything just can't go wrong, it will anyway.

2nd law. When things are going well, something will go wrong.

  • Corollary 1: When th…
Motive Magazine, The Chisholm Effect, by Staff