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Originally Posted by charlesbahn
As a surgeon, I was taught that trying to achieve perfection is the surest way not to.
If you have finished and it is good enough, STOP. If you turn that knot a little to make it look perfect, all ***** will break loose.
Personally I (sometimes) view perfection in terms of quantum mechanics. It takes a quantum amount of effort to achieve each of several levels of "good enough." After that, Heisenberg kicks in and we can be "pretty good" but we cannot be "perfect" at the same time. So says the martini.
Charles
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LOL--I'm pretty sure a couple surgeons who operated on me were in that camp. I've got some ugly scars!
Your quantum mechanics point is also interesting, and speaks to the diminishing returns as perfection is approached. Effort goes asymptotic and perfection is never achieved.