# sniper's white van

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snipers-white-van/134484>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snipers-white-van/134484 "2002-10-30T02:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snipers-white-van/134484/21 "2002-10-31T20:16:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sofa King \*  
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> A long time ago, someone here at the SDMB–I think in General Questions–noted a logical fallacy which s/he described as “the van is on the corner” syndrome. The idea was that people tend to notice the things for which they are looking, and tend to ascribe a false causation to it. \*\*

Actually, it pre-dates the boards and is from the columns/books. (I remember because it was a favorite of mine!)

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_047.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_047.html)

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