(but so were all the greatest scientific minds of the past -- so keep perspective; mistakes are part of being human)
http://watch.2ia.pl/post/6934635135/you-have-no-idea-how-wrong-you-ara
The speaker gives some interesting background, and then at about 11 minutes in comes the deep headasplode conceptual stuff 8)
If you haven't watched the above, and philosophy/ethic/"personal development" interest you, I would recommend you give it a viewing.
But don't get the wrong idea ; check out one of his (http://www.youtube.com/user/SisyphusRedeemed) other talks -- articulating the VALUE of FAILURE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK4pR1Uatqw