Named Adages & Maxims Click Quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.	Murphy’s Law	73%
Even a large group of people can collectively recall something that did not actually happen.	Mandela Effect	64%
A person's lack of knowledge and skill in a certain area causes them to overestimate their own competence.	Dunning–Kruger Effect	55%
The simplest explanation is usually the best one.	Occam’s Razor	55%
Every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.	Chekhov's Gun	45%
Attempts to hide, remove, or censor information often have the unintended consequence of further publicizing that information.	Streisand Effect	45%
People will believe articles outside their area of expertise even after acknowledging that neighbouring articles in their area of expertise are completely wrong.	Gell-Mann Amnesia	36%
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.	Godwin’s Law	36%
After recently becoming aware of a specific concept, word, or product, you will notice it more frequently.	Baader–Meinhof Effect	27%
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.	Clarke’s Third Law	27%
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.	Hanlon’s Razor	27%
The complexity of integrated circuits doubles every 24 months.	Moore’s Law	27%
It is impossible to parody in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article.	Poe’s Law	27%
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.	Acton’s Dictum	18%
The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.	Cunningham’s Law	18%
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account _____________	Hofstader’s Law	18%
Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to.	Krause’s Maxim	18%
80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes.	Pareto Principle	18%
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.	Parkinson’s Law	18%
Science progresses one funeral at a time.	Planck’s Principle	18%
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.	Sagan’s Standard	18%
Ninety percent of everything is crap.	Sturgeon’s Law	18%
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.	Betteridge's Law	9%
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.	Goodhart’s Law	9%
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.	Hitchens's Razor	9%
What is true is already so. Owning up to it doesn't make it worse.	Litany of Gendlin	9%
That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.	Litany of Hodgell	9%
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.	Matthew Effect	9%
What cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating.	Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword	9%
If something has been around for X years, absent any other information, you can expect it to last for another X years.	Lindy Effect	0%

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