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Comment author: Davorak 25 February 2011 09:50:17AM 4 points [-]

Failing is an integral part of data taking. Undue avoidance of failure is avoidance of data taking.

In my observations I have seen many people who unduly avoid failure and as a result never get the data they need to help ensure success of their goals. So I think that "go get data" and "failure isn't bad" are often tied to together strongly. So I encourage you to provide your insight in to the bond between this two topics and how to over its negative aspects.

Comment author: atucker 25 February 2011 11:29:48AM 0 points [-]

Thanks for the comment.

Just to make sure I understand you correctly, are you suggesting not to split the article?

Comment author: Davorak 25 February 2011 06:53:08PM 0 points [-]

Pretty much, sorry for not being more straightforward.

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