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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	A thing is perfect if it does its job properly... until someone points out that it could do it better. Nothing is perfect according absolute definition, as nothing is entirely infallible, eternal, infinite, flawless, or incorruptible. A perfect line would have no end; a perfect crystal would have no boundaries; a perfect tool would do anything and never break or blunt; a perfect soldier would never eat, sleep, miss what they're aiming at, or die. Forsaking grey scales, nothing could ever be perfect, but if it is 'just right', it is as near as perfect as makes no odds, and fits the definition in context. Perfect conforms absolutely to an ideal (according to the dictionary) - but the constraints of any ideal are defined by standards that are movable, so is 'perfect' ever truly absolute? Lower failure rates, maintenance and fuel requirements, and greater productivity define ideal machines or humans, but absolute, simple perfection is impossible. Humans are remarkably resilient, intelligent, and adaptable, but prone to inefficiencies and unpredictability. To fit the ideal of a perfect human we only need pick what sort of human we wish to be, then successfully fulfill the requirements of the defined role. Perfect humans strive for an ideal, accept limitations with humility and a will to improve, and aim for a realistic level of achievement - they can be ideally fit for purpose despite imperfection. Simple perfection is unyielding and unrealistic. Our lives are a constant battle of balances, compromises, lessons learned, failures, triumphs, and personal evolution. In fact, imperfection gives us purpose. What purpose would we have if we needed and desired nothing, faced no challenges, and could not possibly improve? To be perfect is inhuman, so humans are imperfect. Loading...
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