via 
List of eponymous laws →
A surprisingly interesting skim, and something to bookmark for future zingers in heated debates.
Some of my favorites:
Asimov’s three laws of robotics — because robots are cool.
Clarke’s third law — “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I don’t have God, but I do have 8,000 songs in my bra.
Callahan’s Principle — “You can’t argue with stupid.”
Godwin’s Law — “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.” I would like to point out that I have been guilty of this on this blog only once. Okay, three times.
Parkinson’s law (or as I like to think of it, the law of proscratination) — “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”.
Sturgeon’s law — “Nothing is always absolutely so.” Which, if you think about it, is a pretty funny law.
This one I just don’t get:
Peckham’s Law - Beauty times brains equals a constant.
And in the Wouldn’t It Be Nice category:
Littlewood’s law — States that individuals can expect miracles to happen to them, at the rate of about one per month.
It’s not the laws that are eponymous it’s the people who formulated them. Something named for a person is an eponym. The person the thing was named for is the “eponymous” person. For example - Jay Gatsby is the Fitzgerald novel’s eponymous character. I apologize for the language police antics. I know it’s ridiculous.
button
