Friday, April 28, 2006

If I'd been a genius, then I'd have known something I do not know right now.

Why (and I hate why questions) do people commit silly mistakes only when they know they have done well enough not to commit a serious mistake?

9 comments:

Tapasya said...

Even a genius doesnt know everything...and as far as commiting mistakes is concerned, I guess its normal to commit 'silly' mistakes when trying to avoid 'serious' blunders....it so happens that we tend to overlook the most trivial things, we assume that we know them, and that is where we go wrong.
Anyhow, dont blame yourself, for you are not at fault. Its your ignorance (relative to those around you, of course) that is.
Cheer up.

Neha Sinha said...

are silly mistakes 'commited'?

insane said...

great observation !! left me dumbfounded..am back on the blogging scene..if u may call it so

Mohan Kodali said...

may be

they overlook or
they take it easy or
they dont care, if the mistakes are silly or
they are not aware of the (silly)mistakes while they are busy in taking care of not committing a serious mistake.

btw a mistake is a mistake. differentiating silly and serious... is it possible?

Raja said...

what silly mistake did u do now? :-?

Anonymous said...

probably because, as u said, when u begin to think that u have done "well enough" that u end up making the mistake.

also if we keep reminding ourselves that we havent done anything "silly" as yet, arent we becoming conscious of our activities...?

vibhav said...

Kind of fun isn't it.

Phoenix said...

[tapasya]
Quite true...but did u just call me ignorant?
...ahh...and i thought ignorance was bliss...


[neha]
Silly mistakes may or may not be committed;
To 'commit' may or may not be a silly mistake
Though I dont know of any silly mistakes that are single
They usually occur in pairs or with families

:P:P:P

[insane]
:-)
Catch ya around!

[chandu]
who's they?
there's a theory that says there are no silly mistakes, all of them are blunders with consequences of varyoing intensities...
but the question is good..can naiveness be an excuse?

[ment[]
whatever it was, i am sure u;d correct it for me:)

[i know u]
is that consciousness, or self-check, a way/defence mechanism to keep oursaelves in check...while it takes away some freedom and inncocence, will it minimise error, or will it only tire one out?

[the anonymous]
Extremely.

Anonymous said...

wohi to!

totally tired of it.... somebody needs to come and rescue me now....