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		perilunar on Nov 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telescope Rule (2008) That's Gall's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall's_law

downvotetruth on Nov 6, 2022 [–]

That is a misnomer (Gall's rule of thumb might be more fitting) given a single example such as a Rube Goldberg machine.

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