Speech: Problem Solving and Air Force Colonel
Hello everyone! Today, I want to talk about Murphy’s Law and how to surmount Murphy’s Law. At first, we need to know who discovered Murphy’s Law. Just as the name implies, the discoverer was Murphy, a US Air Force colonel.
From 1948 to 1949, Murphy and Dr. Stapp headed a research project at Murco Army Air Field for the purpose of testing the human tolerance for g-forces during rapid deceleration. The tests used a rocket sled mounted on a railroad track with a series of hydraulic brakes at the end. But the sensors provided a zero reading; however, it became apparent that they had been installed incorrectly, with each sensor wired backwards. And so as Murphy Would say “If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.” It’s Murphy’s Law. For example, there are two keys in your pocket: i.e. your room key and your car key. You want to take out the car key, guess what will happen? Yes, your will take out your room key.
So we know 4 things about Murphy’s Law:
1. First of all, nothing is as easy as it looks. If you want to learn something, for example, the piano. When you want to learn piano, you might think piano would be very easy, just moving the fingers, but, when you actually start to learn it, you will find it difficult.
2. Second of all, everything takes longer than you think. For example, you may think that it just takes 10 minutes to arrive at school from your home. However, you normally take 12-15 minutes.
3. If anything can go wrong, it will. When you watching a movie, you want to go outside to buy something, but you don’t want to miss any interesting parts, so you keep waiting. Once you decide to go outside, during this period, you will always miss the interesting parts.
4. If you are worried about things happening, then they are more likely to occur. For example imagining that you are falling in love with somebody and you are afraid
From 1948 to 1949, Murphy and Dr. Stapp headed a research project at Murco Army Air Field for the purpose of testing the human tolerance for g-forces during rapid deceleration. The tests used a rocket sled mounted on a railroad track with a series of hydraulic brakes at the end. But the sensors provided a zero reading; however, it became apparent that they had been installed incorrectly, with each sensor wired backwards. And so as Murphy Would say “If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.” It’s Murphy’s Law. For example, there are two keys in your pocket: i.e. your room key and your car key. You want to take out the car key, guess what will happen? Yes, your will take out your room key.
So we know 4 things about Murphy’s Law:
1. First of all, nothing is as easy as it looks. If you want to learn something, for example, the piano. When you want to learn piano, you might think piano would be very easy, just moving the fingers, but, when you actually start to learn it, you will find it difficult.
2. Second of all, everything takes longer than you think. For example, you may think that it just takes 10 minutes to arrive at school from your home. However, you normally take 12-15 minutes.
3. If anything can go wrong, it will. When you watching a movie, you want to go outside to buy something, but you don’t want to miss any interesting parts, so you keep waiting. Once you decide to go outside, during this period, you will always miss the interesting parts.
4. If you are worried about things happening, then they are more likely to occur. For example imagining that you are falling in love with somebody and you are afraid