Success of Failure

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"Learning" is a generalization of the word "trying" and includes not only getting the knack of some activity, but also acquiring some intellectual knowledge. The teacher gives far more attention to the good readers, with the result that the good get better and the poor get poorer. The "successful" students are rewarded, e.g., by a teacher&s;s award to be taken home saying that Johnny has earned 100 for spelling. The failures never get the awards to take home and are clearly third-rate citizens. Since they have not learned much from their failures, they tend to fail again and again. The word "error" certainly sounds like an instance of failure. But scientists actually seek error. As every general and good chessplayer knows, it may be necessary to lose a battle in order to increase one&s;s chances of winning the war. Sacrifice is a basic religious design, shared by many religions around the world.