A thought on the nature of mistakes

As I sat reading Scott's wonderful blog, it made me begin to think about how sadly simple it is, despite all efforts to the contrary, to make a mistake (i.e. creating an incorrect hyperlink). It makes one (or at least, this one) wonder why in the world it is that we, despite being able to remember seemingly insignificant facts, trivia and mundane bits of knowledge, still fail to apply our brain power to prevent these mistakes. Meh, it makes one wonder...