Your Mistakes are Inevitable

 

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The Definition of "Mistake"

An act or judgment that is misguided.

A mistake is an error or fault that can result from Defective judgment, Deficient knowledge, or Carelessness. A mistake can be a wrong action, statement, or judgment. A mistake can also be something that we later regret or causes some struggle, loss, or pain.

(Source: Generative AI)

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Some of the most controversial and famous theories in Modern Science.

1. The Block Universe Theory

According to this theory no matter how hard you try thinking about perceiving your free will acts assuming you have control of the universe which includes even the mistakes you'd ever made, you actually are a part of a big movie that is unchanging. As per the theory of the "Block Universe," the universe is a four-dimensional block of spacetime In this theory, the past, present, and future are all real at the same time.

2. The Butterfly Effect

This one can appear as a contradiction of fixed events and small changes causing a big impact. But in the end, it leads to the idea of fixed events that are bound to occur due to a fraction linked in the past. An unchanging string of connections. According to the theory of the "Butterfly Effect" small changes can have big consequences based on the idea that the world is interconnected, so one small event can impact a larger complex system.

3. The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

According to this theory, all possibilities co-exist at the same time no matter how impossible something may sound, it could actually happen, happening, or going to happen in the future. So all your mistakes are actually a defined physical reality that is just out there and yet to be perceived. The "Many-World Interpretation" theory states a philosophical position about how the mathematics used in quantum mechanics relates to physical reality. It asserts that the universal wavefunction is objectively real and that there is no wavefunction collapse.

4. The Grandfather Paradox

So this one is straight from the sci-fi genre. You can't actually change something even if you feel you have the freedom of your will. Even if you call something a "Mistake", it is actually a fixed event that is just there and always meant to happen no matter if it is the past, present, or future.  As per the theory of "Grandfather Paradox," we come across a self-contradictory situation that arises when someone travels back in time and kills their grandfather. This creates a contradiction because the grandfather would not be able to have children, including the time traveler's parents.

What Do Religions Say About Mistakes?

1. The Holy Bible

The Book of Christianity says that everything including Time is under God's control which has already been pre-written or decided by Him.

Reference: "Everything that happens was already determined long ago"

- Ecclesiastes 6:10 

2. The Holy Quran

The Holy Quran mentioned in several places about the fixed time and everything that has to happen and going to happen is fixed and things like "Mistake" doesn't really make any sense.

Reference: "Only what God has decreed will happen to us. He is our Master: let the believers put their trust in God.” (From the Quran, Chapter 9, Verse 51.)

3. Tanakh

You can find several references where it clearly states that God has the power over time and destinies and no man can go beyond except what is already fixed by Him.

Reference: "A man does not hurt his finger in this world unless it has been decreed above" (Ḥul. 7b)

CONCLUSION

Here we find that some religions too believe in such things as fixed timeline where Mistake doesn't exist. Now, that we find plenty of evidence from the physical and spiritual world; the statement can be said that "There is nothing like a Mistake" in our lives but something that is just there like a carpet to be unfolded which is a constant like a pre-recorded movie. A reel that keeps rolling frame by frame and a fraction of a moment folding and unfolding at the same time.

So, what are your thoughts?

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