Mistakes Are Made Research

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What is one thing in a kitchen that most people use everyday? MIcrowaves. If it weren’t for a mistake then people would not have them. Many discoveries and ideas were made because of mistakes, or accidents. If everything happens the way that someone wants it, then you won't learn something or get something out of it. Also, if something goes wrong, or a mistake happens you will know what not to do next time. But on the other hand, many discoveries are made purely by hard work and research, not just mistakes. Mistakes help people learn, and make new discoveries. To begin with, if everything happens the way that you want it, then you will not learn anything, or get something out of your experiences. For example, if someone was trying to fix their car, and came across a box that can hold spare keys , then they benefited their life because of an accident. To add on, if someone was doing an experiment, and they already knew the result, and exactly what to do, then they wouldn’t have learned anything . If something different happens then they learned something, and benefited. In source 2, paragraph 16, it states, ‘Standing near the magnetron one day, he noticed it was on, Spencer noticed that the bar of chocolate in his pocket has melted…Minutes later the man who you can thank for popcorn had a discovery in his hands. A man was doing an experiment and …show more content…

For example, if someone was cooking and used two cups rather than three, it might turn out tasting bad, but now that person knows what not to do next time. Thing is, with mistakes people never lose. If something goes wrong, then they will always learn how, and how not to do things. In source 4, it is stated,”We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do.” If you want to learn something new then the first step is always to learn what not to do. All the time, people learn from their

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