one does not need to know all of the wrong ways to go about something, to stumble upon one right way
Consider a colony of ants, mapping a territory, for resource.
The ants are busy – much resource is found, and consumed.
Mapping and consumption continues. Resource fades, to aroma.
The ants need more.
After a while, a new ant, on a new path, stumbles upon substantive new resource.
New ant: lads, lads, over here – look at this!
Other ants: sigh —what would you know? —have you even walked down all of these other paths?