Chapter 4 The Inquirer: Sensing and Learning in Swan Lake

DOI: 10.4324/9781315300368-6

An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.

—Caroline L. Gascoigne1

The most considerable difference I note among men is not their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

—Thomas Henry Huxley2

The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.

—Heywood Broun3

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