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The same psychological motivations that cause people contains stories of bad beats also makes them believe in Murphy's Law and perform autossabotagem actions. Murphy's Law says: "If something can go wrong, will go wrong". Nonsense. If this were true, no one would ever do anything. Many things are done in a perfect manner, and countless others are made in a reasonably satisfactory manner.
So why do so many people believe in a law so obviously invalid? For the same reason why they believe suffer more bad beats than they deserve: they think they deserve more luck than they have. They essentially lament: "Why do so many bad things happen to me?"
You can answer them: "But you are not unlucky you are healthy and have a good job and a great family.".
They do not want to hear the fate of the whole world is a mix of good and bad. They resent because they can not find all that they deserve.
So why do so many people believe in a law so obviously invalid? For the same reason why they believe suffer more bad beats than they deserve: they think they deserve more luck than they have. They essentially lament: "Why do so many bad things happen to me?"
You can answer them: "But you are not unlucky you are healthy and have a good job and a great family.".
They do not want to hear the fate of the whole world is a mix of good and bad. They resent because they can not find all that they deserve.