Mr. Scepcop often uses a term called "naive realism" which contributes much to his posted ideas.
As for Murphy's Law specifically, I believe that much of it is contributed to "confirmation bias."
I was reading a book this morning while sitting on the toilet called "50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology" and one of the paragraphs mentions a term I had never heard of called the "great foretold table of life.' I believe this often contributes to Murphy's Law, but it's only an unresearched theory. I'll be happy to post information on it tomorrow, should anyone care, but for now, I have had one too many Sam Adams to care...