"Watson, come in here..."

I'm a big believer in evolution, not "The Theory of Evolution" which outlines how man evolved from protozoa to Homo Sapiens. That one I am a bit skeptical on, and while elegant doesn't always leave me comfortable. No, I am talking about the day to day evolution that one goes through by trial and error. Mistakes or "Random Pertubations" often generate a situation that is better than the norm. For example, the other day I injured my tail bone somehow doing crunches. The following day I was forced to put a big pillow under my butt to reduce the pain. The elevation of my rear end caused crunches to become very difficult, a seeminly new set of stomach muscles were required to complete my normal set. The soreness the next day on the bike told me that I was exercising new muscles that obviously were being recruited when cycling. See, your everyday mistake turns into an advantage. BTW, my butt is healed, but I'm keeping the pillow, they are not only more comfortable, but more difficult. Not only scientist benefit from laboratory mistakes, athletes also are able to benefit from them. As long as we can quatify if the change is for the better or not, we all can benefit from the process of evolution. QED.