Gagan’s Reviews > Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do > Status Update

"When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether."

Pilot errs: Shamed for life.
Doctor errs *One shrug and back to work*

Interesting to read how two industries have two different definitions for mistakes/failures.