Why do you think it's so hard for us to learn from our mistakes?

Question

Also...think about the BIG mistakes. War. Global warming. The Holocaust. These mistakes are so horrible and so devastating that you would think they would make some impact...and yet we don't seem to be learning from them. Why?

Answer 1

We do learn from our mistakes.
We have learned that history repeats itself.

Answer 2

we will additionally learn from others blunders yet that demands a burning choose to learn. discovering from our blunders is, on the different, much less stressful because of the fact even animal end doing an analogous element in the event that they get punishment. it is how animals are knowledgeable. mothers and dads from time to time look controlling however the actuality of the project is they decide to prepare the preparation they executed by blunders so as that we don't repeat them. I actual have been on the two the positions and can assist you to recognize which you will not totally understand a discern's techniques except you your self replace right into a discern. Doing an analogous blunders are in my e book very sluggish novices and that they circulate concept extra problems than the guy who learns right now. i'm an fairly mushy man or woman so i'm very tricky on myself once I make a mistake and that i've got a sturdy reminiscence to keep in mind the end results of growing to be blunders.

Answer 3

Depends on whether you consider it a mistake. You may not realize the correlation between the action and the consequence yet, there may be too many situation in between that change your point-of-view. You may not realize you are in a similar situation until after you've already made the mistake. Or you may not know how to change the situation if you get a second chance at it.

There is also one more possibility I can think of. In all three previous situations I mentioned, eventually at some point you will realize you may still be able to affect outcome (albeit some at a point too late but still you see it). But I may point out that it is impossible to go against one's own personality. You may be in a situation in which there is an answer that will work to resolve the situation, but that you are incapable of coming up with that answer because your mind is literally incapable of coming up with the thought (whether because it is inexperienced, lacks the vocabulary to formulate the thought, or doesn't understand the process its trying to correct and so cannot formulate any theories to try out on the problem). It is quite possible that situations we have failed to correct happened solely because we didn't know what was necessary (or our mind was incapable of using the available information correctly) to fix the problem.

Answer 4

1
We cannot detect our mistakes.
2
If somebody tells us about our mistakes, we do not believe her/him.
3
If we finally are sure to have performed real mistakes, however, we are too angry for ourself to do anything.
4
If we could observe our mistakes calmly, however, we do not know how we could avoid the min the future.
5
If we can even observe our mistakes and find some solution to prevent them, we shall forget or ignore our agreements after a while.
6
When we still run to the same mistakes again, we only catch a slight "deja vu" and have to return to point 3 or 4...

When more and more repeats of our mistakes and the steps 1 to 6 have been fulfilled, we may begin to learn something.

I think that the lack of observation, lack of interest, poor thinking and poor ability to keeping our solutions and agreements in mind mostly hinder us to avoid repeated mistakes.

Answer 5

Mistakes are usually the result of clinging to cherished beliefs in spite of evidence to the contrary. Nature intrudes, usually painfully, on our fantasies. Remember Lucifer's comment in Paradise Lost: It's better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven.

Answer 6

It is so hard for people to learn from their mistakes because most people won't admit they made a mistake. You have to realize you're not perfect before you can admit to imperfection.

Answer 7

Because we don't want to admit that we committed a mistake in the first place. We all have our prides to think about.

Answer 8

Because most people are ignorant and stubborn and largely selfish. They will not adimt their mistakes because they think it will ruin their image, or they are admitting to something that they absolutely hated. but most of all, they can't see what they did wrong because in their eyes, it was right

Answer 9

Mostly, it is because, as basically a still evolving and young species, we have clung to primitive subjective thinking, which breeds a feeble-mindedness and fails us time and time again. Objective thinking helps us to learn from our mistakes. We are, though, evolving toward objective thinking.

Answer 10

Denial, historical amnesia, and lack of desire to change.