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Thread #97962   Message #1934583
Posted By: Amos
12-Jan-07 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Deliberate imperfections
Subject: RE: Folklore: Deliberate imperfections
Ancient Chinese ceramics also included the concept of a blemish to avoid hubris.

Perfection is relative to standards, conditions of use, and what precision and accuracy of measurement is considered sufficient.

Aside from that, it is only an idealistic concept, useful for figuring out where to go next but not found in real spacetime.

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