The Wonderful Mistake
Humanity is doomed to fail, but only because we are too stubborn- thank god- not to accept imperfection as anything short of failure. Evolution is how the species Homo Erectus came to be, and a modified version of this process of trial and error- on a much smaller temporal scale than the grand scheme of evolution- is how we continue to refine through the progress of it, and define through the process of it, the question of what it means to be human. To sum the idea up with a cliche: Thomas Edison-or Nicola Tesla, take your pick- designed 999 light bulbs that did not work before he made one that did. His stubborn drive to push forward in his mission to root out the dark of the night is what this accelerated, science-driven, short-term evolution
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Like all mistakes, it created room for the evolution of human thought- or at least insight into the subject. Thomas’ wonderful mistake in The Wonderful Mistake exhibits the idea that perfection can only exist in
Partenio 3 the presence of imperfection and imperfection is always found in our best attempts at perfection. The paradox and brilliance of humanity. This new form of evolution is a source of long-term progress, and is the cause of an abundance of short-term suffering. Take, for example, Lewis Thomas. He might take some injury to my claim that The Wonderful Mistake lacks some fundamental logic. However, in the end, his mistake led to some deep thinking on my part, and maybe would lead to some deepened perspective on his. This process of disagreement and discussion inherent anywhere imperfection is found is vitally important to progress. A clear example of the value found in the process of evolution itself can be seen in the film, Gattaca. The main contrast between the two brothers in the film is that of their origins. Jerome/Vincent is a human conceived in love while Anton is more of a child of the times- so to speak. In terms of The Wonderful Mistake, Jerome is the legendary cell that grew to be humanity, while Anton is the cell designed by man, destined to live, as Lewis Thomas put it, a “colorless [life] in the hummocks of algal mats” (32) for all of eternity, or, for the sake of this metaphor, the duration of his short
Like all mistakes, it created room for the evolution of human thought- or at least insight into the subject. Thomas’ wonderful mistake in The Wonderful Mistake exhibits the idea that perfection can only exist in
Partenio 3 the presence of imperfection and imperfection is always found in our best attempts at perfection. The paradox and brilliance of humanity. This new form of evolution is a source of long-term progress, and is the cause of an abundance of short-term suffering. Take, for example, Lewis Thomas. He might take some injury to my claim that The Wonderful Mistake lacks some fundamental logic. However, in the end, his mistake led to some deep thinking on my part, and maybe would lead to some deepened perspective on his. This process of disagreement and discussion inherent anywhere imperfection is found is vitally important to progress. A clear example of the value found in the process of evolution itself can be seen in the film, Gattaca. The main contrast between the two brothers in the film is that of their origins. Jerome/Vincent is a human conceived in love while Anton is more of a child of the times- so to speak. In terms of The Wonderful Mistake, Jerome is the legendary cell that grew to be humanity, while Anton is the cell designed by man, destined to live, as Lewis Thomas put it, a “colorless [life] in the hummocks of algal mats” (32) for all of eternity, or, for the sake of this metaphor, the duration of his short