Progress 561 "If we were not provided with the knack of being wrong, we could never get any thing useful done." Lewis Thomas. “To Err Is Human.” 1979. Gross, ed. Essays.
Progress 561 "What is needed, for progress to be made, is the move based on the error. "Lewis Thomas. “To Err Is Human.” 1979. Gross, ed. Essays.
Progress 562 "The lower animals do not have this splendid freedom [to make mistakes]…are limited, most of them, to absolute infallibility." Lewis Thomas. “To Err Is Human.” 1979. Gross, ed. Essays.
Comment: One thing seems to be necessary for progress: the ability to learn from mistakes. RayS.
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