Path of least resistance

[1] Other examples are "what goes up must come down" (gravity) and "heat goes from hot to cold" (second law of thermodynamics).

But these simple descriptions are not derived from laws of physics and in more complicated cases these heuristics will fail to give even approximately correct results.

In conclusion, the current is always distributed over all possible paths inversely proportional to their resistance.

The path of least resistance is also used to describe certain human behaviors, although with much less specificity than in the strictly physical sense.

In library science and technical writing, information is ideally arranged for users according to the principle of least effort, or the "path of least resistance".

Hikers choose the easy way to cross hills
Bicycle traffic barrier used to slow down cyclists circumvented by a detour in the form of a desire path , thereby showing a literal path of least resistance