Originally Posted by Lorel
What fun is science without the mistakes?

I love Ms. Frizzle's perspective "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!"

Several years ago I worked on a NASA history project and interviewed several important men who participated in the early space program. One nugget that has always stayed with me was from an engineer who was said that it is important to have the freedom to make mistakes because we learn much more from our mistakes than from occassions when we get all the answers right.