People make mistakes and it is very possible to make a mistake about your own interests.

人们都会犯错,而更可能的,是误判其自身的利益。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

So I think this question is very much related to your first one about how we mistake what success really means.

我觉得这个问题与,你的第一个问题紧密相连,就是“我们对于成功的错误理解“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So that would, this is actually a very common mistake and it makes sense if you think about it.

这的确是一个非常普遍的错误,如果你想想，这个是言之有理的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

And we talked about the error of the average and the mistake that these researchers are making, misunderstanding the nature of change.

然后谈到这些研究学者么犯的,一般性的失误和错误，误解改变的本质。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And so it's a mistake, according to strong theories of rights, it's a mistake to think about justice or law by just adding up preferences and values.

这些强有力的权利理论认为，下列看法是错误的,不该只以偏好和价值的加总,来考虑公正或法律。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Then,the whole thing blows up and all the Bear Stearns stock is worth just about nothing; so, that's the kind of mistake you don't want to make.

现在金融危机让所有泡沫都破裂了,贝尔斯登的股份也成为了浮云;,总之，这种错误你们是不想重蹈覆辙的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Different philosophers agree that something's gone wrong in the Morning Star and the Evening Star case, but disagree about the best diagnosis of where the mistake went in.

很多哲学家都认为,在晨星和昏星的例子中,的确存在错误,但是错误出在哪里,哲学家们却各执一词

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I think we can make the mistake, thinking about autobiography, that it's somehow not literary. But in fact it's very literary, and part of what makes it literary is the fact that you have to choose what scenes go into that narrative.

我觉得我们可以犯这个错误，想想自传，从某种程度上说它不是文学，但事实上它很文学,其中一个原因是你选择加入叙述的那些场景。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That's the mistake that is important for us to get clear about.

这就错了,这是个我们要避免的错误。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选