Napoleon Bonaparte famously declared: 'Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. '

Do not ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence?

Hanlon's razor is a saying that reads: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. In simpler words: some bad things happen not because of people having bad intentions, but because they did not think it through properly. ... There are many similar sayings.

Is Hanlon's razor true?

“Hanlon's Razor,” a phrase inspired by Occam's Razor, is a way of explaining other people's behavior. Variations occur, but the most often repeated version is, “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”