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Cunningham's Law: The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.
@ColinTheMathmo Nice try. The *real* best way to get the right answer on the internet is to...
hmm. 
hold on a sec.
@ColinTheMathmo I'm not sure it is true. But psychologically interesting. An effect of the reptilian brain maybe? Predation is worth more than collaboration?
@ColinTheMathmo Too lazy to find out whose law that really is.
@ColinTheMathmo pretty sure that's Poe's Law.
@ftp_alun Hmm.
"Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
Not the same thing.
@ColinTheMathmo @ftp_alun I've seen that referred to as Bunker's Law, but I can't find record of it on the Internet.