Are most MISTAKES recognizable or unrecognizable?

Question

Are most MISTAKES recognizable or unrecognizable?
Mostly, before or after its done.....?

Answer

I think that most mistakes are recognizable after we have made them. The result of any kind of suffering from the action, makes it recognizable that we should possibly do something differently next time. But this is how we are able to learn from our mistakes. I do not think that a person would consciously make a mistake, unless some sort of pleasure that they would be receiving from this action, overrides the negative consequences of it. If this person knows the negative consequences beforehand, and is aware of the suffering that this action may cause later, then they are knowingly making a mistake. Yet the pleasure of this action continues to take on more importance to them. If this person is not able to let go of that pleasure, and learn from their actions, they will only continue to suffer, and to cause suffering to others in the process. And some people, I beleive, have been taught to beleive that certain actions are for the greater good, yet these actions are actually destructive they just have the inability to see that. Therefore this mistake would not be recognizable at all, until they stepped out of the box and viewed it for what it really is.