One of my favourite quotes is known as Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity. Like many people, I was unaware of its origin. But today I received an email from Joe Biglen: I did a search for Hanlon’s Razor on the internet and was surprised that no one Continue Reading

The quest for the origin of the saying known as ‘Hanlon’s Razor’ continues! I recorded Joe Biglen’s correspondence here and here last year, where he describes how Robert J. Hanlon, a friend of his, contributed it to a book published in 1980. Today, Scott Enderle writes that it may be a variation on a sentence Continue Reading

The origins of Hanlon’s Razor Following on from his email explaining Hanlon’s Razor, Joe Biglen has been in touch again with the precise details. The book I refer to is “Murphy’s Law book two: More reasons why things go wrong!” by Arthur Bloch… The exact quote from the book is “Never attribute to malice that Continue Reading