I know I said I wasn't going to contribute, but I was reminded of this today and it seems perfect...
Pratchett's Law: "Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten." One of the leading explainations as to the large amount of unique and useful Handwavium effects, and the difficulty in reproducing them.
In essence, if you want something unique and cool you'll probably get it. But once its been done, it's virtually impossible to reproduce (until there has been enough failures to make the effect 'a million to one shot' again).
Pratchett's Law: "Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten." One of the leading explainations as to the large amount of unique and useful Handwavium effects, and the difficulty in reproducing them.
In essence, if you want something unique and cool you'll probably get it. But once its been done, it's virtually impossible to reproduce (until there has been enough failures to make the effect 'a million to one shot' again).