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Whoever shuts out every possible error also shuts out truth.

Rabindranath Tagore · Păsări răzlețe · 1916 · 1301 minute readpublic domain
If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.Rabindranath Tagore · Păsări răzlețe · 1916 · 130

Error and truth enter through the same door: seal it and you lose both.

The line describes a geometry of knowledge: error and truth enter through the same door, the door of trial. Seal it to become immune to mistakes and you lose truth as well, because you cannot tell in advance which idea is the right one. A lab that rejects every bold hypothesis makes no discoveries; a person who never risks being wrong learns nothing new about the world or about themselves.

Why it mattersIt is an antidote to the culture of fear around mistakes, to meetings where nobody proposes anything lest they be blamed if it fails.

You tryYou may errYou may findtruth
Trying leads to both error and truth

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