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> you will never find the keys under the streetlight That is a strong statement! It is not true, some times that is where they are. Actually if it is the on
by worik 4y ago
> you will never find the keys under the streetlight
That is a strong statement! It is not true, some times that is where they are.
Actually if it is the only place you could find them (the rest of the street is too dark, you do not have a torch to see or fingers to feel....) it is an optimal, albeit dismal, strategy
Loving digression.....
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoevidently you used the phrase without familiarity with its origin? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect >A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something under a streetlight and asks what the drunk has lost. He says he lost his keys and they both look under the streetlight together. After a few minutes the policeman asks if he is sure he lost them here, and the drunk replies, no, and that he lost them in the park. The policeman asks why he is searching here, and the drunk replies, "this is where the light is". Hence, the drunk and the policeman are never going to find the keys under the streetlamp because they were lost in the park.