Brooke Clarke posted this quote, which I really like:
"Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for
something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of
all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of them. When
you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding it are very
good. Because of all the things in the world, you're sure to find some
of them."
Although not the same, I think that this theory of trying to find things may
be related to the SEP, or Somebody Else's Problem, that Douglas Adams
describes in "Life, the Universe and Everything"
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"An SEP is something we can't see, or don't see, or our brain doesn't let us
see,
because we think that it's somebody else's problem.... The brain just edits it
out,
it's like a blind spot. If you look at it directly you won't see it unless you
know precisely
what it is. Your only hope is to catch it by surprise out of the corner of your
eye."
-Arthur Dent
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