Adages

an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".

phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet

A heuristic or heuristic technique (problem solving, mental shortcut, rule of thumb) is any approach to problem solving that employs a pragmatic method that is not fully optimized, perfected, or rationalized, but is nevertheless "good enough" as an approximation or attribute substitution. Where finding an optimal solution is impossible or impractical, heuristic methods can be used to speed up the process of finding a satisfactory solution. Heuristics can be mental shortcuts that ease the cognitive load of making a decision.

statistical principle about ratio of effects to causes

Godwin's Law is known to be the oldest meme on the Internet, made by Mike Godwin. The memes meaning is to say: The longer an online conversation continues, The more of a chance there is to mention Hitler.

philosophical adage stating "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

book and concept by Laurence J. Peter that states that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence"

acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid"; design principle

monetary principle on circulating currency; "bad money drives out good"

adage and meme about internet anonymity

adage that work expands to fill the time available

Rule 34 is an Internet meme which claims that some form of pornography exists concerning every possible topic. The concept is commonly depicted as fan art of normally non-erotic subjects engaging in sexual activity. It can also include writings, animations, images, GIFs and any other form of media to which the Internet provides opportunities for proliferation and redistribution.

greater accumulation of wealth or status by those who already have it

Epistemological razor regarding the burden of proof

adage of Internet culture that, without a clear indicator of intent, one can’t parody extreme views such that some can’t mistake it for a sincere expression of the parodied views

natural phenomenon, whitish or rosy light during twilight or before sunset

hypothesis that more people will lurk in a virtual community than will participate

three adages proposed by British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke about science and technology

Latin phrase meaning "who benefits?"

difficulty of refuting false or misleading information

adage that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure

popular adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing

journalism-related adage

focusing on what is irrelevant but easy to understand

adage cited as "ninety percent of everything is crap"

Latin phrase

outcomes that are not the ones intended or foreseen by a purposeful action, resulting from a variety of reasons, including the world's inherent complexity as well as cognitive or emotional biases

adage

adage about perverse incentives

ancient proverb

computing adage popularized by Niklaus Wirth that that software gets slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster

the view that morality is, or ought to be, determined by those in power

observation that organizations design systems mirroring their communication structures (Melvin Conway, 1968)

Bald–hairy () is a common joke in Russian political discourse, referring to the observation that the state leaders' succession is often from a bald or balding leader to a hairy one and vice versa. This consistent pattern can be traced back to as early as 1825, when Nicholas I succeeded his late brother Alexander as the emperor of Russia. Nicholas I's son Alexander II formed the first "bald–hairy" pair of the sequence with his father.

the principle that, even though everything relates to everything else, nearby things are more related than distant things

thumb|upright|Title page of the 1508 edition, printed by Aldus Manutius, Venice thumbnail|upright|Portrait of Erasmus by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1523 Adagia (singular adagium) is the title of an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled during the Renaissance by Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. Erasmus' repository of proverbs is "one of the most monumental ... ever assembled" (Speroni, 1964, p. 1).

principle in software development that, past some point, assigning more people to a software project ends up delaying it

aphorism claiming that in very stressful situations everybody believes in a higher power

American acoustical engineer (1914–2016)

type of animal group activity

adage reflecting on the temporary nature, or ephemerality, of the human condition

adage that states: "If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."

phrase

humorous aphorism in computer programming

aphorism due to Percy Bysshe Shelley

Proverb

political catchphrase

Saying

Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment

Observation on computer performance

adage about availability of health care

legal maxim

Chinese horse tamer

political proverb

colloquialism often used as a proverb

toxicology adage

Observation on semiconductor fab prices

ratio of benefits to harms among patients taking new drugs tends to vary inversely with how extensively a drug is marketed

phenomenon of an initial advantage not lasting