Murphy's law

Today I’m here to talk about something curious that occurred to me this week, related to one of my favorite concepts for research. " Murphy’s law" "If something can go wrong, it will go wrong."

Before we start I would like to explain a little about what this concept is, and where it came from. Murphy’s Law is attributed to Edward A. Murphy Jr., an American engineer who worked in the United States Air Force in the 1940s. During a gravity resistance test, Murphy discovered that a technician had incorrectly connected a sensor, which caused the test to fail. Murphy said then, "If there is a way to do something wrong, someone will find it". 

This law has different variants, each more interesting than the other: 

1. Murphy’s Law General: If something can come outmal, will go wrong.

2. Murphy’s Inverse Law: If something can go right, it will go wrong.

3. Murphy’s Law of Bureaucracy: If something can be delayed, it will be delayed.

4. Murphy’s Law of Technology: If something can fail, it will fail. 

But today I’m going to talk about the inverse Murphy’s law. This week one of my friends talked about the Halloween party being cancelled, then she said that she was not going out to concentrate on her studies, and a few days later not only did the party get back on its feet, but also another one was made, the weekend before.

 That’s a classic example of Murphy’s Law in action. In this case, the simple fact of mentioning that I was not going out, because anyway the party had been canceled, it seemed to "invoke" an opposite reaction, and suddenly, a party that seemed totally canceled, it resurfaced, and another one appeared. These situations are known as the "curse of optimism" or the "effect of irony", where expressing a positive opinion on a situation seems to provoke the opposite.

 I would like you to tell me if you had any similar experience, and if you had to comment on these situations, as they are very interesting.💕 -Aencursiva