Difference between revisions of "Telcodynamics"
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: '''Second:''' ''"You can't break even."'' | : '''Second:''' ''"You can't break even."'' | ||
: '''Third:''' ''"You can't quit the game."'' | : '''Third:''' ''"You can't quit the game."'' | ||
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| + | == Fourth law humor == | ||
| + | *0<sup>th</sup>, 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, and 3<sup>rd</sup> laws subsumed: | ||
| + | :''"You have to play a game you can't win no matter how hard you try."'' | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 12 May 2006
- A common scientific joke, as stated by C.P. Snow, expresses the four laws simply and surprisingly accurately as:
- Zeroth: "You must play the game."
- First: "You can't win."
- Second: "You can't break even."
- Third: "You can't quit the game."
Fourth law humor
- 0th, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd laws subsumed:
- "You have to play a game you can't win no matter how hard you try."