Etymology

Brandolini's law

Today it means: An adage stating that "the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it". Full definition →

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The story

Formulated in 2013 by Italian programmer Alberto Brandolini.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.