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Sturgeon's Law: prov. “Ninety percent of everything is crud”. Derived from a
quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said,
“Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of
everything is crud.” Sturgeon himself called this “Sturgeon's
Revelation”, and it first appeared in the March 1958 issue of
Venture Science Fiction; he gave Sturgeon's Law as
“Nothing is always absolutely so.” Oddly, when Sturgeon's
Revelation is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to
‘crap’. Compare Hanlon's Razor,
Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in
SF fandom, most hackers recognize it and are all too aware of its
truth.
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