Milk Experiment

Milk Experiment

Journalists visit the famous scientist Stephen Gray, and asked him why he is more creative than an average person.

Gray recalled his childhood in a small story:
Once he tried to take a bottle of milk from the refrigerator, but he missed. The bottle fell down and splashed onto the ground. When his mother saw that she did not yell. Instead of scolding Gray, she said to him: 'Anyway, this has already happened. Before cleaning it, do you want to play the milk ocean? But we have to clean up after playing and return it to its original place. We can use a sponge or a mop to clean it up. Which one do you want to use?'
Gray picked up the sponge to clean the floor.
His mother asked him whether he wanted to try to take the bottle again. Gray then filled the bottle with water, grabbed the top of the bottle and learned the skill to hold a bottle.

'That moment I knew we should not fear of mistakes. Mistakes are opportunities to learn new things, as well as fail scientific experiments, where we will learn valuable things.'