?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+to+Make+Mistakes&rft.creator=Dennett%2C+Daniel+C&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Making+mistakes+is+the+key+to+making+progress.+There+are+times%2C+of+course%2C+when+it+is+important+not+to+make+any+mistakes--ask+any+surgeon+or+airline+pilot.+But+it+is+less+widely+appreciated+that+there+are+also+times+when+making+mistakes+is+the+secret+of+success.+What+I+have+in+mind+is+not+just+the+familiar+wisdom+of+nothing+ventured%2C+nothing+gained.+While+that+maxim+encourages+a+healthy+attitude+towards+risk%2C+it+doesn't+point+to+the+positive+benefits+of+not+just+risking+mistakes%2C+but+actually+of+making+them.+Instead+of+shunning+mistakes%2C+I+claim%2C+you+should+cultivate+the+habit+of+making+them.+Instead+of+turning+away+in+denial+when+you+make+a+mistake%2C+you+should+become+a+connoisseur+of+your+own+mistakes%2C+turning+them+over+in+your+mind+as+if+they+were+works+of+art%2C+which+in+a+way+they+are.+You+should+seek+out+opportunities+to+make+grand+mistakes%2C+just+so+you+can+then+recover+from+them.&rft.publisher=William+Morrow+and+Company%2C+New+York&rft.contributor=J%2C+Brockman&rft.contributor=K%2C+Matson&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F288%2F1%2Fhowmista.htm&rft.identifier=++Dennett%2C+Daniel+C++(1995)+How+to+Make+Mistakes.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F288%2F