Murphys Laws: Barzun's Laws of Learning to Becker's Law
(Murphy's Laws collected: 1583)
Barzun's Laws of Learning : The simple but difficult arts of paying attention, copying accurately, following an argument, detecting an ambiguity or a false inference, testing guesses by summoning up contrary instances, organizing one's time and one's thought for study -- all these arts -- cannot be taught in the air but only through the difficulties of a defined subject. They cannot be taught in one course or one year, but must be acquired gradually in dozens of connections.
Barzun's Laws of Learning : The analogy to athletics must be pressed until all recognize that in the exercise of Intellect those who lack the muscles, coordination, and will power can claim no place at the training table, let alone on the playing field.
Forthoffer's Cynical Summary of Barzun's Laws : That which has not yet been taught directly can never be taught directly.
Forthoffer's Cynical Summary of Barzun's Laws : If at first you don't succeed, you will never succeed.
Baxter's First Law : Government intervention in the free market always leads to a lower national standard of living.
Baxter's Second Law : The adoption of fractional gold reserves in a currency system always leads to depreciation, devaluation, demonetization and, ultimately, to complete destruction of that currency.
Baxter's Third Law : In a free market good money always drives bad money out of circulation.
Beardsley's Warning to Lawyers : Beware of and eschew pompous prolixity.
Beauregard's Law : When you're up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.
Becker's Law : It is much harder to find a job than to keep one.
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