Nobody is perfect; we make Mistakes: How We Look without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way above Average! We forget our user names, passwords and simple things we shouldn’t be forgetting. We pay too much to go to the gym, pay too much for unnecessary and irrelevant stuff and then complain that we do not have money! We think we’d be happier if we lived in Miami when in reality we wouldn’t, and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests which we shouldn’t. Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better? As human beings we have design flaws. By default are prone to making mistakes. Which is why our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the retelling sometimes not because we are lying, and most of us are fairly sure we’re way above average. There is a captivating science of human error—how we think, see, remember, and forget, and how this sets us up for wholly irresistible mistakes. Our imperfections derive from some of the same qualities that make us efficient, which also make us error prone. We learn to move rapidly through the world, quickly recognizing patterns—but overlooking details. Which is why you hear that thirteen-year-old boys discover errors that NASA scientists miss—and why you can’t find the beer in your refrigerator when it’s right there in front of you, Or why we find ourselves looking for something that is in our hands. We all make mistakes, some worse than others, but bottom line is, to lift ourselves up, apologize and vow to do better next time. I am sorry…. I am only human!
