are most MISTAKES recognizable or unrecognizable?

Question

Mostly, before or after it's done.....?

Answer 1

I think that most mistakes are recognizable after we have made them. The result of any kind of suffering from the action, makes it recognizable that we should possibly do something differently next time. But this is how we are able to learn from our mistakes. I do not think that a person would consciously make a mistake, unless some sort of pleasure that they would be receiving from this action, overrides the negative consequences of it. If this person knows the negative consequences beforehand, and is aware of the suffering that this action may cause later, then they are knowingly making a mistake. Yet the pleasure of this action continues to take on more importance to them. If this person is not able to let go of that pleasure, and learn from their actions, they will only continue to suffer, and to cause suffering to others in the process. And some people, I beleive, have been taught to beleive that certain actions are for the greater good, yet these actions are actually destructive - they just have the inability to see that. Therefore this mistake would not be recognizable at all, until they stepped out of the box and viewed it for what it really is.

Answer 2

Mistakes are intentions that have gone wrong as interpreted by another person, as such it will be recognizable only after the event. Robbing a bank is wrong, but a to a robber who succeeded not being caught , it is a job well done ; if caught it is a mistake. In the same sense that a person who lied trying to save/protect a friend has good intention and it will be a mistake only if found-out, which is possible only after the facts. Anything either good or bad can only be recognized and/or considered as a MISTAKE after the event. Any action before happening can take any/or double meaning.

Answer 3

i would have to assume that its about whether or not its recognizable to the person (individual) who has made the mistake and not the societies or ppl that/who are judging the person's decisions.

In my view, It could be both recognizable and unrecognizable to the Individual depending on the types of mistake you are talking about. Since there are so many possibilities to consider, I could only offer two very brief examples to illustrate my point.

Recognizable - The person knew he/she could end up making a mistake before he/she actually made the mistake but he/she didn't care and so still went ahead and did what he/she wanted to do.

Unrecognizable - The person who has made the mistake either didn't know it was a mistake (since the definition of "mistake" came from the CHANGES in the cuture, society, norms etcs and not from the person him/herself) OR that he/she didn't know that he/she should haved CARED about the consequences of the decision.

Could you tell us what your thoughts are?

Answer 4

Any mistake is unrecognizable until it's done. At the time when we're doing it, everything seems right. It becomes wrong only when we realize there are miscalculations done. But a mistake as we recognize it shouldn't ruin the rest of the scheme. We can try correcting it (if possible) and move on, and make it something we can learn from.

Answer 5

When a wine maker drinks the bitter wine that he had made, the mistake is recognized, but if he had never drink the wine, the mistake is not recognizable. So it all depends on the consequences of the mistake.

If a person continue to do something after he had recognized that it is a mistake, it's time to make an appointment for a ego check up : )

Answer 6

In the social realm, experience can give one a gut feeling about whether any given action will be a mistake. Emotions and desires, however, often cause heart-first errors, instead of following the logical correct course. Thus, those that attend to recognizing and learning from mistakes can see them coming. Of course, then the "I KNEW I shouldn't have done that" factor sets in.

Mistakes in academic pursuits are more usually not recognizable until testing reveals or after one is shown the correct answer. It is often not known how much insufficiency in one's knowledge base.

Answer 7

yes!
some mistakes are done intentionally, deliberatly so these are recognizable to you. you you know you are going to commit a mistake.
some mistakes are done subconsciously and they are realized sometimes after they have been commited or sometimes you never know you committed a mistake so such kind of mistake is not recognizable but if other people know then that mistake is recognizable for people not to you.
sometimes a mistake is done in the absence of others but in presence of you is recognizable to you but some people make it unrecognizable.
some mistakes are done before others by you and that mistakes are not in the knowledge of both parties so such mistakes are unrecognizable
so some unrecognizable mistakes later on become recognizable but not all.
to have recognizable mistakes it is important you know that it is a mistake

Answer 8

Hi,
It's easy to recognise an error if it's staring you in the face!! But how often does that happen? Maybe we rectify unconsciously or automatically as we go and we AVOID some mistakes without even recognising it. Those that are unrecognisable are the ones that we see on hindsight, after it is done. If we had recognised them beforehand, surely we would have done something about it?
And then there are all kinds of different mistakes: misreading situations, an error of judgement, careless mistakes (that might be avoidable with a little caution) big mistakes, little mistakes, unavoidable mistakes, avoidable ones ... deliberate mistakes!!
Mostly I think they're recognisable after and not before.
Polly

Answer 9

The operative word in your question is 'most'. Therefore, my answer is recognizable.

In reality, mistakes are both recognizable and unrecognizable before and after the deed is done.

Answer 10

I think most mistakes are recognizable and avoidable but unfortunately most people who choose to make a bad choice, know it when there making It. If your feeling guilty at all or that voice in the back of your head is telling you no, then the answer is probably supposed to be no.Follow your heart and try to concentrate on your decision, because theres almost always a choice when it comes to your decision.