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Sayer's Law: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the stakes at issue." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_Law

by d0mine 17y ago

Sayer's Law: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the stakes at issue." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_Law Special case in programming -- "colour of the bikeshed" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality

est 17y ago
Offtopic question: where can I get a hierarchical category/index/guideline to many of these * laws ? I'd like to quotes these cool stuff as well, just need a way to look it up :)
- llimllib 17y ago
  This is pretty close to what you're looking for, I think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Adages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Adages
  - est 17y ago
    that's exactly what I am looking for. Thanks