The dangers of human error surround us all, but they cannot be avoided; it is inevitable. During my high school education I thought, although I know it is a very basic thought, that science is one of the most stable curricula and therefore is not subject to change. human error. I was really wrong. This week in my science class, Reading and Writing, we studied archaeology. Archeology is a field that requires basic information about the history and scientific methods of science. This profession, like most others, is very susceptible to the dangers of human error. Through my own experience in the classroom after viewing seven alien images, I learned that archeology is almost entirely about human observations and perspectives. Once a body or artifact has been unearthed, it is up to archaeologists to learn as much as possible about the different objects. Because humans are not omnipotent creatures, they are sometimes wrong in their assumptions and conclusions about the history of these artifacts. After revisiting the photos and hearing the story and professional discoveries of each, I too discovered that there were errors in my observations; sometimes I omitted certain artifacts and made unknown biases or cultural assumptions about the deceased, leading me to interpret the evidence incorrectly. There have been many instances where I have fallen victim to human error by unintentionally omitting certain artifacts in the images. An example of this was my first observation of photo seven. My initial observation was: This person's skull appears to be smiling. The mouth is wide open and the head is resting on a white rock. The spin goes straight down, so it looks like I...... middle of paper...... the man was left outside to decompose. Once his body rotted, they collected his bones and respectfully placed them in a sort of basket. Then he was buried. There were gifts I hadn't noticed that were placed with his bones. Although the bones are scattered and appear gruesome to me, for this culture it is considered a respectful burial. Due to my unconscious cultural biases regarding burial, my conclusions about the photo were completely wrong. Although not all of my observations were wrong, two of them were greatly so. After much thought, I concluded that while archeology is subject to human error, so is almost everything else. We can never truly escape human error; but we can learn to work with and around human error. Once someone masters working with and around human error, I believe they become an expert in their field..