Njengoba kunombhalo okhuluma ngensingo kaHanlon, lesi saga saziwa kahle nini?
Context:I-Hanlon's razor iyisaga noma umthetho wesithupha othi, "Ungalokothi ubeke ebubini lokho okuchazwa ngokwanele ubuwula". Eyaziwa nangezinye izindlela eziningana, iyisihlibhi sefilosofi esikisela indlela yokugwema izincazelo ezingathandeki zokuziphatha komuntu. Cishe iqanjwe ngoRobert J. Hanlon, owafaka lesi sitatimende encwadini ethi Murphy's Law Book Two (1980). Izitatimende ezifanayo ziye zalotshwa okungenani kusukela ngekhulu le-18.  Umsuka Isilinganiso esifanayo sivela encwadini encane kaRobert A. Heinlein ethi Logic of Empire (1941). Umlingiswa "uDoc" endabeni kaHeinlein wachaza iphutha "lemfundiso kaDeveli", echaza, "Uye wanikeza izimo zobubi eziwumphumela wobuwula".  Le ngcaphuno ngokwayo yayiwumbhalo owabhalwa uRobert J. Hanlon waseScranton, ePennsylvania, ukuze ahlanganise amahlaya ahlukahlukene ahlobene nomthetho kaMurphy ashicilelwa encwadini ka-Arthur Bloch ethi Murphy's Law Book Two: More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong! (1980). Akwaziwa ukuthi ngabe uHanlon wayeyazi yini indaba kaHeinlein noma ngabe wakha le nkulumo ngokuzimela. [citation needed]  I-Hanlon's razor yaziwa kakhulu ngemva kokufakwa kwayo kuyi-Jargon File, isichazamazwi sohlelo lwe-computer, kusukela ngo-1990. Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, abahleli be-Jargon File baphawula ukungabi nalwazi mayelana nokukhishwa kwegama kanye nokuba khona kwe-epigram efanayo nguWilliam James, yize lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi kwakuhloswe njengokubhekisela kuWilliam James Laidlay. Ngo-1996, i-Jargon File yangena ku-Razor kaHanlon yaphawula ukuba khona komusho ku-novella kaHeinlein, ngokuqagela ukuthi i-Razor kaHanlon ingaba yinkohlakalo ye- "Heinlein's Razor". Isixhumanisi somthetho kaMurphy sachazwa emibhalweni emibili ye-blog ka-2001 kaQuentin Stafford-Fraser, ecaphuna ama-imeyili avela kuJoseph E. Bigler. Kamuva, ngo-2002, iJargon File yaphawula okufanayo. I-Current Jargon File ibhekisela kukho ngokuthi "i-Murphyism".  Leli gama lalithonywe ngensingo ka-Occam.
I-Hanlon's razor yaziwa kakhulu ngemva kokufakwa kwayo kuyi-Jargon File, isichazamazwi sohlelo lwe-computer, kusukela ngo-1990.