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Presumably, "Fleming's Lemma" is "Flem". Changed to "Fleming's Law", corrected the quote, and linked the quote to its source work.
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(Presumably, "Fleming's Lemma" is "Flem". Changed to "Fleming's Law", corrected the quote, and linked the quote to its source work.) |
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{{quote|''Don't assume malice when stupidity is an adequate explanation. At least, not the first time.''}}
However, once you pass the Mrs. Bridges test (taken from BBC's ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]'', in that "Once is bad luck, twice is a bad habit"), malice becomes a reasonable hypothesis.<ref>And if you ''really'' need to be sure, there's [[Ian Fleming|Fleming's]]
Disregarding [[Hanlon's Razor]] is a prerequisite for plots involving an [[Ancient Conspiracy]], [[Government Conspiracy]] or similar antagonist. The existence of a powerful, secretive and malicious cabal makes for juicier storytelling than the idea that bad things happen because people are lazy, short-sighted, impulsive or just plain stupid. [[Conspiracy Theorist|Of course, ''they'' would definitely prefer you believe ''them'' to be stupid than evil]]. Most aversions involve someone saying that the noise you heard was [[It's Probably Nothing|just the wind]].
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