from wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

The Peter Principle is a special case of a ubiquitous observation: anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging applications until it fails. This is “The Generalized Peter Principle.” It was observed by Dr. William R. Corcoran in his work on Corrective Action Programs at nuclear power plants. He observed it applied to hardware, e.g., vacuum cleaners as aspirators, and administrative devices such as the “Safety Evaluations” used for managing change. There is much temptation to use what has worked before, even when it may exceed its effective scope. Dr. Peter observed this about humans.
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Its also the case that things get tried again and again until they succeed. the commentators mentioned at
faustasblog that this outcome was better than blackhawk down.

a crucial element in any success is the ability to get up again after failure, learn from your mistakes and go at it again.

It is the commen lot of men and animals to go down to the earth and stay there. It is the great mystery where this other soul comes from that gets back up. men of old have said this soul comes from God. Jesus returned to God in the flesh from the grave. at our best those who believe in Jesus–we will go to God in spirit and only be reunited with our glorified bodies when Jesus returns and walks the earth again.