- Jevon's Paradox
- Increasing efficiency of a process which uses a resource increases (not decreases) the consumption of that resource.
- Moore's Law
- Seen in other technology. Growth is generally exponential across the board.
- The number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.
- Murphy's Law
- Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
- Occam's Razor
- The hypothesis that makes the fewest assumptions is the best choice.
- Parkinson's Law
- Conversely, effort given can be limited by limiting the alloted time.
- Tasks expand to fit the time allotted. The reverse is not true.
- Snackwell Effect
- Like Jevon's paradox.
- When you label something "low-calorie" or "energy efficient", it will be consumed/used more.
- the Brazil nut effect OR Granular convection
- the largest particles end up on the surface of a granular material containing a mixture of variously sized objects
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