Shotgun principle

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The shotgun principle is a phrase . It describes that of many individual actions most of them lead to no result and only a few are really efficient. Colloquially, the principle states that any action will lead to the goal.

origin

The idiom comes from the use of shotgun shells with shotguns in hunting . In particular, during a hunt on small game and game birds is with shotgun on in motion wild shot to the hit radius over the precise precision shot to increase. There are enough pellets from the sheaf to kill the game immediately, the rest of them fly by. Although the proportion of grains that successfully find the target is less than the total number, a high number of grains hit remains after the hunt, as can be seen from the hunted route .

application

In biology , selection works according to the shotgun principle. A few random hits through mutations and natural adaptation to the environment have been sufficient in the course of evolution to differentiate the species on earth.

In many areas of life it is common that many unsuccessful attempts have to be made "until a pellet hits".

Also Flirt counselors advise their readers to address their counterparts after the shotgun principle, since it is statistically impossible to always get a rejection.

In a handbook for therapists in the clarification aid , it is rather critically noted that the method used of doubling is more like a search for solutions using the shotgun principle.

In homeopathy , the use of complex remedies is called the shotgun principle, which should only be used in exceptional cases.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heiko Mell : The shotgun principle - by no means every grain hits . In: Ingenieur.de , accessed on June 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ Claus Reinhardt: NATURA - Biology for High Schools Solutions, Ernst Klett Verlag, 2011, p. 53 online as pdf
  3. ↑ Marcus Damm: Hearts win: Successful flirting , Bod-Book on demand, 2010, ISBN 9783842345416 , p. 18
  4. ↑ Christoph Thomann, Friedemann Schulz von Thun: Clarification aid 1: Handbook for therapists, conversation helpers and moderators in difficult conversations , Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, 2013 available on googlebooks
  5. ↑ Matthias Wischner: QuickStart Homeopathy: Homeopathy in 12 Lessons , Georg Thieme Verlag, 2008, ISBN 9783830454632 , p. 29