Analysis Of Happy Accidents

Something that is unknown or unfamiliar is commonly something that people fear, but what happens when intelligent individuals dare to uncover the facts within? The answer to this question is that remarkable discoveries are made that change human knowledge, technology, and health forever. The most beneficial of these discoveries are the ones involving the betterment of human health. Doctors and scientists are viewed as the people with the highest intellect in the world’s communities, but they are still human and therefore prone to error. However, Morton A. Meyers’s book Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs explores the various positive outcomes that arose from human error. Specifically, in this book Meyers writes about

Although research steps seem to be so organized, the unknown results to occur always begin as a mystery. The irony comes from the fact that so many medical breakthroughs came about by accident. The results of the research were not what was expected. This allows people to realize that, although it should be handled with the utmost care, cut of the edge research is not always cut and dry. This book teaches that it takes true intellect to take what seems like a failure or an accident and instead of abandoning it, reflecting on what has truly happened. Students as well as current researchers should read, study, and take inspiration from this book. Meyers has more to teach than simply the history of the discoveries he wrote

The problem is, the phrase “learn from your mistakes” normally means that people should learn not to make mistakes. However, if people continuously avoided making mistakes and accepting their accidents would anything be truly learned? In Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs Meyers argues that accidents can be learned from in a positive way and that mistakes, in fact, should be reflected on. People should not accept their accidents; instead, they should attempt to understand their true outcomes. In doing so, the unknown can be discovered accurately even if it was different than