Say you have an atypical medical condition the root cause of which is unknown. Depending on the specialist you go to, they are likely to diagnose a plausible cause in the corresponding body part. When you pick a specialist, you may be indirectly picking the disease as well.

Sometimes we do the same in our day-to-day lives. We make assumptions that lead us to convenient solutions. We don’t question the basis of the premise or even recognise that there is one. If you lose your keys, you have to search wherever it is that you lost them, not where it is easy to search.

Always ask the question. What assumptions am I making here and are they validated?