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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 2 Jun 2019

      When I was a kid, I thought mistakes were simply bad, and to be avoided. As an adult I realized many problems are best solved by working in two phases, one in which you let yourself make mistakes, followed by a second in which you aggressively fix them.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 2 Jun 2019

      I know from personal experience that the two-phase approach works in writing, programming, and art (draft = prototype = sketch). Does it work in most fields? And if not, what defines the line between fields where it works and the ones where it doesn't?

      9:38 AM - 2 Jun 2019
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        2. Brian Wang‏ @brianmwang 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @LloydWaldo @paulg

          Brian Wang Retweeted Dr. Emily Anhalt

          https://twitter.com/emilyca5/status/1134522360101400576?s=19 …

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          Dr. Emily Anhalt @dremilyanhalt
          Exercise creates micro-tears in muscle. When repaired properly, the muscle heals stronger than it was before & adapts to better handle the stress of exercise. This is how I think about conflict in a relationship...
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        1. sincerity posting only‏ @DanielGenser 2 Jun 2019
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          A key difference to me in this analysis is understanding that allowing yourself to make mistakes is different than a flippant disregard for potential harm to others.

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        1. Lavanya Gopinath‏ @justjots 2 Jun 2019
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          Probably not in surgery.

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        1. Navendu Chandra‏ @navendu_c 2 Jun 2019
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          Healthcare, financial services and aviation seem to have a higher sensitivity from the end consumer perspective

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        2. Casey Handmer, PhD‏ @CJHandmer 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          Low cost of failure. This approach is less successful when skydiving.

          1 reply 0 retweets 28 likes
        3. Irving Rivas‏ @iajrz 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @CJHandmer @paulg

          Yet you do dry runs before the real thing -- Pale, error ridden, but unwise to skip imitations of what you will do when push comes to shove.

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        2. Harpalos‏ @Harpalos 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          My daughter at birth had this mysterious desease. The doctors tried their ideas one after the other until they stabilised her (\o/). The last idea being the decisive one, they removed the other treatments assumed useless one by one in reverse order. 1/

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        3. Harpalos‏ @Harpalos 2 Jun 2019
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          At the same time, they were doing bibliograhic research. After some days, they suspected they nailed it to some rare genetic disease. They got on the phone with a specialist of it, who gave them a few things to check, and together formed a confirmed diagnosis. 2/

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        2. Utsav Agarwal‏ @utsavagarwal 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          I’d say fields where the repercussions are fatal - eg surgeons, pilots, etc

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        3. Graeham Douglas‏ @Graeham 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @utsavagarwal @paulg

          But cadavers, flight simulators, etc? I can't think of any fields that don't have a "dress rehearsal" equivalent. But there are differences in how well practice matches the game

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