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Show , Utah Chronicctober pTprinciple : why thinps go wrong I I I I whtf a According to the Peter BY WOODY JOHNSON Entertainment Writer The scientific satires of Dr. Laurence J. Peter have been wryly presented by co-author Raymond Hull in" The Peter Principle." Finally, a book has been written that tells us why things go wrong. When we have been properly versed in the Peter Principle, we will no longer be surprised when a 1 1 r government-employed marriage counselor turns out homosexual. We car .fine out why one hichool graduat n hre cannot read at normal fiftfaje l,,Vel, We CJJJ 21; to subscribe to "Life " finally causing htm to write' a "frantic letter say.ng I by an employ, incompetent C ' duties." nThrou what he . Darwinian Exten - "tends vocational prP problem of off"' the "Petenv J: Th dinosaur T' hierarchy of life UnJ ; a level of life! thereby becor; J SaVS Dr- Peter, promoting himself, If'61 0f we: Do you sometimes; a rendezvous with would prefer to break- Hope, says Di h' IT' rescr l' er.s P'Phyllt6:; Palliatives, and Peteii: According to the Peter Principle, the incompetence which fdls our society is a result of the promotion of individuals within the hierarchies of society. When a person is judged by his superiors to be competent, he becomes eligible for promotion. As long as the individual maintains his competence, he continues to be promoted. In this way, a person tends to rise through the ranks of the hierachy until he reaches his level of incompetence, from which he is not promoted. The Peter's Corollary states: "In time, every post tends to be occupied |