Finagle's First Law

If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

Finagle's Second Law

No matter what the experiment's result, there will always be someone eager to:

1. misinterpret it;
2. fake it; or 
3. believe it supports his own pet theory.

Finagle's Third Law

In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.

Finagle's Fourth Law

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.