This book showcases an inspiring example of experts avoiding the streetlight effect. The age-old metaphor follows a man searching the ground under a streetlight and a second man (often a police officer, depending on the version) who agrees to help the first find his lost car keys (or home keys). After much time with no success, the second man asks the first if he is sure that he dropped his keys by the streetlight. The first man replies that he lost them in a park (or parking lot) a block away. In response to the exasperated second man bellowing why they have been searching under the streetlight all this time, the first replies: “Because this is where the light is.” From David H. Freedman’s Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them (2010) to economist William Easterly’s The Tyranny of Experts (2015), a considerable, growing body of literature lambastes many researchers across various fields for imitating the man looking for his keys; i.e., looking for/contriving answers where it is easy rather than where they are most likely to be found, and misleading others to follow suit. Contrary to that trend, Drs. Yairi and Seery accomplish the masterful: They do what is hard and present it in a way that looks easy. To reverse streetlight effect terms, they brought a searchlight to the park and illuminated the path toward the keys—that is the hallmark of true experts. The speech-pathology student can be confident in following their lead, and the person who stutters can take comfort in the fact that a sensible pursuit of real answers is at the forefront of stuttering therapy instruction.
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chatterboxps Stuttering can be embarrassing if we think of it that way. Instead, think of it like this: a person who stutters elevates their other senses, which gives us an increased awareness of our surroundings. That's like having a sixth sense, which is like having a super power. We also belong to a select group, because approximately 3% of the world's population stutters. When we sit in the 3% of any category, we belong in elite company. So instead of being embarrassed of our stutter, embrace it, and think of it being an elite super power. #stutteringfoundation
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