Tours, Detours, Mistakes, and Discoveries

Detours are often more interesting than tours.

You discover many interesing places unintentionally, by mistake.

Discovery and mistake are related concepts.

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."

--Niels Bohr

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

--Scott Adams

Mistakes and Discoveries

Images and interaction

• Lecture
• Office Hours

Student input and human contact

• Voting
• Pictures and databases

Speaking to your class and to the world

• Course sampler
• Who's watching
  • Today
  • Last month
  • Last Year

"There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn."

--Richard Bach

"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."

--George S. Patton