Picture a man finishing his shower and throwing his towel straight onto the floor.
The towel rack is right there. He hasn’t forgotten it. He’s decided to skip it.
When he hangs the towel on the rack, it slips off and ends up on the floor anyway. So he cuts out the middle step and puts it directly where he expects it to land.
As far as he’s concerned, the rack is just a detour.
There’s something appealing about that logic. If you’re sure how something will end, why bother with the steps in between?
The catch is that once you start putting the towel on the floor, you’re guaranteed to be right about where it ends up.
But he has saved himself a step. And the towel is exactly where he expected it to be.