Surely by failing you have actually succeeded in your task, however, by succeeding, you never failed in the first place??
2006-09-28 02:38:56 · 29 answers · asked by Andrew B 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
If you try to fail and then succeed in failing, then you've attained you goal of failing.
If you try to fail and succeed however, you have failed as you succeeded instead of failing.
Clear?!!
2006-09-28 02:43:00 · answer #1 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. Can you only succeed at what you set out to do? If you succeeded in failing, then I believe you actually did fail. In this case, failing was not a bad thing, because that was the overall goal of the task.
2006-09-28 06:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by prettychestnuteyes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Succeeded, as long as you tried to fail and succeeded in that endeavour. This is the principle upon which the vast majority base their successes in life. If you try to fail and succeed in solving the task, then your success is a failure - OK.
2006-09-28 05:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by Silkie1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes six of one and half a dozen of the other! You failed to succeed so you succeeded in failing, same thing.
2006-09-28 02:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by mistickle17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if by virtue of failing then one is a failure or a loser, then you've succeeded in being a failure or a loser. in which case the success part is less highlighted than the failure part because its never a bonus or a good thing to fail. so, by virtue of you succeeding to fail, you've never been a success to begin with.
its like someone asking you to be a good team player at work. if everyone shits on the bosses chair cause he had been in a crap mood the day before, you can be a good team player by going along with your team, but does that make you a good worker?
or if you smoke dope cause its cool among your peers, you've succeeded in being cool, but is dope a cool thing when it fries your brain?
2006-09-28 02:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a paradox.
If you try to fail at something then it must be for a good reason.
So you have succeeded.
2006-09-28 03:16:53 · answer #6 · answered by cloud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have succeeded. You set out to fail and achieved this.
2006-09-28 02:43:30 · answer #7 · answered by dopeysaurus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you try to fail and succeed in trying to fail then you have actually failed but successfully completed your mission to fail. thus you have succeeded
2006-09-28 02:44:42 · answer #8 · answered by heleneaustin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very good- you have succeeded in your task, therefore you never really failed because you got what you wanted to being with
2006-09-28 03:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by lila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an oxymoron. You are trying to fail and you have succeeded in doing so.
2006-09-28 03:31:25 · answer #10 · answered by bachbeet2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋