Een schitterend ongeluk (translated "A Glorious Accident" in English) was a 1993 documentary series featuring six prominent scientists and philosophers.
Hosted by Wim Kayzer, a Dutch television producer, and filmed in seven parts, A Glorious Accident included interviews with Daniel Dennett, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, and Stephen Toulmin.
[1][2] During six individual interviews with each guest and a final round table, the attendees discussed their vision of their work and the world with the central themes introduced by Kayzer: "How far did you come in your understanding of our thoughts and actions?
[5] In the United States, A Glorious Accident was broadcast twice in June 1994 on PBS member station WNET.
[3] The title phrase "glorious accident" is attributed to Stephen Jay Gould[7] who referred to the asteroid-induced extinction of the dinosaurs which preceded the development of humanity.