Plutarch

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Greek Philosopher

H. L. Mencken

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

American Writer

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

English Writer

Charles Darwin

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.

English Scientist

John Locke

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

English Philosopher

Thomas Jefferson

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

American President

Rabindranath Tagore

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

Indian Poet

Carl Jung

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Swiss Psychologist

Publilius Syrus

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Roman Writer

Victor Hugo

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

French Author

The word 'error' often refers to common mistakes in everyday life.

Common Occurrences

'Error' implies a lapse in perfection, acknowledging that mistakes can happen.

Human Imperfection

In scientific domains, 'error' suggests precision is expected but not met.

Technical Precision

Scientific errors affect the credibility of results and further conclusions.

Impacts Reliability

In computing, 'error' often means a problem needing troubleshooting.

Technical Difficulties

'Error' can indicate a serious issue in a computer system or software.

Indicates Malfunction

In sports, 'error' is a term mainly used in baseball to describe a specific mistake.

Specific to Baseball

An error in sports often occurs under pressure and can be costly for the team.

Stress and Pressure

Religiously, 'error' refers to moral failings or deviations from correct behavior.

Moral Implications

Sometimes 'error' is used in literature to represent a deeper human flaw or theme.

Symbolic Meanings

 strange child I'm not really sure how I know how to put a skeleton together but there's so few textbooks and there's actually nobody out there who can do this it's a case of learning through trial and error if just getting life for us it's just a knack it's some people are very good at maybe bird-watching I guess mine is knowing how to put skeletons together I think my superpower

Bone Collector PIPE Ben...

 And while a more recent study did show that reaction times and errors increase for some bilingual students in cross-language tests, it also showed that the effort and attention needed to switch between languages triggered more activity in, and potentially strengthened, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

The benefits of a...

 While criticized at the time by their respective governments for bargaining with the enemy, contemporary historical analysis shows great admiration for Kennedy's and Khrushchev's ability to diplomatically solve the crisis. But the disturbing lesson was that a slight communication error,

The history of the Cuban...

 Now, the idea is simple when we're applying it to coin tosses, but in fact, it's not very simple in everyday life. People are horrible at estimating both of these things, and that's what I want to talk to you about today. There are two kinds of errors people make when trying to decide

Why we make bad...

 They collected the local flora and fed samples to lab rats, but struggled to replicate the effect. So they decided to directly observe the sheep with one scientist even living with the herd for three summers. After a decade of trial and error, the scientists finally found the culprit,

The strange case of the...

 The space efficient comb that is a bee's trademark today, is probably the result of this trial and error, but over long periods of evolutionary history. However, it paid off. Peek into any hive -- with your protective goggles and netting on, of course --

Why do honeybees love...

 Humor is subjective. Comedy is trial and error. Writing is rewriting. Just keep trying. Find the flaws, discover the details, insert incongruities, incorporate k-words, and remember the most important rule of writing have fun.

How to make your writing...

 Today, glasses can help millions of people with poor vision due to uncorrected refractive errors. The key to understanding what that means lies with the term refraction, the ability of a transparent medium, like glass, water,

How do glasses help us...

 the underwater passage leaves no room for error add a turn the rat finds a pocket of air just enough to help it push on to the end of the line how does it collapse its body like that

See How Easily a Rat Can...

 was no margin for error somebody asked me once what are you looking for in a relationship and I replied certainty I needed certainty in an uncertain world but we live in an

Error

Common Occurrences

Human Imperfection

Compare with

Never forget "Error"

WordUp Chrome Extension