I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."Īn error? Or an impetus for creativity? A blunder…or a “ beautiful oops?” Choose your reality. In response to criticism about his failures, Edison allegedly said, "I have not failed 1,000 times. The story is that he tried over 1,000 different substances. Thomas Edison tried many different filaments in his experiments when he was making the first light bulb. It is my hope that these reading recommendations will prompt you to reflect upon the error-filled trajectory along which human comprehension has gradually unfolded. Or maybe a conviction that is collectively believed to be common knowledge is found to be incorrect.ĭid you ever consider the notion that these mistakes, however, might be a gateway to ingenuity that propelled further breakthroughs, rather than mere blunders? It might comfort you to know that many scientists and thinkers had a tough time viewing mistakes in that light. Perhaps an idea comes to fruition as planned, but it isn’t until much later that said discovery is revealed to have contained ruinous errors. New conclusions and altered theories follow in light of new evidence. But as soon as everything is in place, all the components of your carefully imagined strategy unravel. You control for every conceivable variable (that you can think of). Imagine you’ve come up with a brilliant idea. Behind every action lies the possibility-the probability-of unintended effects.
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