Alberts: “Let’s learn more from mistakes” � SciDev.Net’s Weblog

Alberts: “Let’s learn more from mistakes” � SciDev.Net’s Weblog: "Alberts: “Let’s learn more from�mistakes”

Bruce Alberts: US science envoy
When both countries and aid agencies are asked to talk about the “science for development” projects that they have supported, they frequently tend to focus on those that have been successful.

Bruce Alberts, editor of Science magazine and a former president of the US National Academy of Sciences, wants to change this. He argues that there is often as much to learn from projects that have failed as from those that have succeeded."