Anecdote #7 - One (1) disproves it all..
it seems that it will just be the usual exhausting Thursday for me..
meetings and deadlines at work, afterwards discussion and quizzes at school.
at my research class, my prof, the brilliant guy he is, had posed something to ponder on. He said that theories and concepts undergo so many testings and criticisms just to be published and be acknowledged BUT, he emphasized it, BUT it only takes one, as in one, inconsistency or irregularity to somehow invalidate the theory/concept. Imagine, all of those hardwork, conceptualization, and even endless improvement of the theory goes down the drain but of just one freakin’ irregularity.
Even in life, everything that we had worked for, earned for, and even built will go down because of just one, one simple mistake or disagreement, or inconsistency, or..you get the point.
It only takes one mistake to destroy the trust that took years to build..
It only takes one simple blow to a deck of cards that was hardly formed to fall
It only takes one simple mistake and you will be labeled forever
it only takes one, just one.
Isn’t it just simply unfair?
But as i go on and read more, learn more, listen more, i know why it makes sense that it only takes one to disprove, to fall, to destroy..
It is because we are supposedly driven to be perfect.
Yes, perfect, sounds too demanding isn’t it?
”oh no, you’re a very perfectionist person”
“stop, no one is perfect”
Yes, no one is perfect, but what if we don’t strive for perfection, huh?
What if the very surgeon you entrust your life with didn’t do surgery the proper way, the perfect way?
What if the very operators of trains, of airplanes, decided that one error is okay and compromise everyone onboard?
What if a musician played that single wrong note or chord on a beautiful music?
It only takes one to disprove because we must all strive for perfection. I’m not making a fuss or boasting myself. I had my share of mistakes and it’s a LOT!
But it is a reminder, or a call for a change of mindset on how we do this, how we should live this life, how we should approach this simple yet complex world.
and yeah, that’s why the room for error at research is only at 0.05, my prof said as he continued discussing..