On 5 June, 02:18, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > it is crazy when you think of all the possibilities. sometimes i > fantasize about all the options i have, to become something. though my > prudence keeps me on the mainstream. i dream much of living wild in > the woods like H.D.T. just one of many. what is the study of learning > from ones mistakes? and of learning of things we not yet know of? some > kind of scientoligist i'd think... and combine that with such > creativity to bring to the people, and teach them something more than > entertainment. enlightenment! >
As English is a Germanic language, it's good for inventing new words. If you want a new word for 'the study of learning from one's mistakes', I suggest "Errorology". If you want a new word for "the study of learning of things we do not yet know", how about "Ignostology"? Usually, though, we just refer to both processes as 'learning' and let it go at that. I'm not sure I'd want a PhD in Errorology anyway, as it might be given to me by mistake and, by definition, may well have to be. ;-) > On Jun 4, 11:48 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 3 June, 03:30, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > if someone were to ask me to sum up the best thought i could to > > > explain what i call living i would say... it is trying to treat people > > > as who they are in situations. to try and have people see the other > > > side that they are blind to. we, i think, are all blind somewhere. > > > some people have issues...many different kinds. i think it is fun to > > > explore, challange, and dominate others. guess it is in my nature. and > > > when someone gets the best of me then i have learned something about > > > myself. > > > Yes, perhaps the best thing about losing an argument is that it > > affords you the certain knowledge that you, obviously, didn't have > > that would have won you the argument. Perhaps then, living is for > > learning. And, of course, there are two main opportunities for > > learning: > > 1) learning from a standpoint of ignorance > > and > > 2) learning from having made a 'mistake' > > > Learning from a standpoint of ignorance is addressed, these days, > > through education, by teaching our children certain basic facts in an > > orderly fashion so that they can take that knowledge with them into > > their later years. Any additional 'education' we do also falls into > > this category. > > The only other opportunity that life presents us with is when we make > > a 'mistake'. By 'mistake', I mean, the kind of things where our > > expectations of a result were different from the actual result. It > > may be that our 'means of achieving the result' was not correct or it > > may be that our expectations could have been different. Either way, > > we are afforded a chance to learn and a chance to correct either our > > expectations or our means of achieving a particular result.- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text -
