Hanlon's razor
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editEtymology
editNamed like Occam's razor, for a Robert J. Hanlon.
Proper noun
edit- The adage "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
- 1980 October, G. Gordon Liddy, quotee, “Playboy Interview: G. Gordon Liddy”, in Playboy[1], volume 27, number 10, Chicago, →ISSN, page 211:
- McCord may have bungled the taping of the internal doors, all right, but remember Hanlon's Razor, which is a maxim that states: "Never blame on malice that which can be fully explained by stupidity."
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hanlon's razor.
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