“The freedom to make and admit mistakes is at the core of the scientific process. If we are asked to forswear error, or worse, to say that error means fraud, then we cannot function as scientists.” IfsMeanTruthScienceProcessFreedomMistakeScientistFunctionErrorsCoreFraud Author:Robert Pollack
“The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value. Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.” MeanFactsValuesMistakeMembersJudgmentFunctionFeaturesCharacteristicsSpiteMaking MistakesDisagreeReally MeanFree Society Author:Ludwig von Mises
“I think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the functions of an empire, you are incapable of learning from the mistakes of past empires.” IfsThinkingPastMistakeConditionsFunctionDenialPerformingEmpiresIncapableHandicaps Author:Niall Ferguson
“Unlike earlier thinkers, who had sought to improve their accuracy by getting rid of error, Laplace realized that you should try to get more error: aggregate enough flawed data, and you get a glimpse of the truth. "The genius of statistics, as Laplace defined it, was that it did not ignore errors; it quantified them," the writer Louis Menand observed. "...The right answer is, in a sense, a function of the mistakes.” ShouldTryingEnoughAnswersMistakeGeniusFunctionErrorsDefinedDataStatisticsThinkerGlimpseFlawedAccuracyRight Answers Author:Kathryn Schulz
“An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when doctrinal truth is elevated to the position of a false god. This occurs when people rely on the rightness of their doctrine for their standing with God rather than on God himself and his grace. It is a subtly but deadly mistake. The sign that you have slipped into this form of self-justification is that you become what the book of Proverbs calls a 'scoffer'.” PeopleGivingLooksBookSelfFormCommunityReligiousMistakeGracePositionTruth IsStandingFunctionDoctrineRelyIdolsJustificationIdolatryFalse GodsSelf JustificationReligious CommunityScoffers Author:Timothy Keller
“One of the biggest mistakes large companies make is creating innovation teams that mirror all the functions of the core business. Those teams make no progress because they spent forever updating each other on what they are doing versus really crushing the most critical problems they need to address.” NeedsProblemMistakeCompanyForeverProgressTeamCreatingFunctionInnovationMirrorsCriticalCoreCrushAddressesVersusBiggest MistakeLarge Companies Author:Scott D. Anthony
“You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement. Do not look at others' bodies with envy or with superiority. All people are born with different constitutions. Never compare with others. Each one's capacities are a function of his or her internal strength. Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayTryingLooksDifferentBodyTurnsBornMistakeFindingsJudgmentYogaCapacityFunctionConstitutionFaultsEnvyImprovementCompareInternalsSuperioritySame MistakesMaking The Same Mistakes Author:B.K.S. Iyengar