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Originally Posted by Sumeragi
Some people use the notion of the utopia and crack down on what happens in reality. Something that truly bugs me.
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Reminds me of the saying "Perfection is the enemy of good[-enough]" (yes the square bracketed portion is mine
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Of course as any rational and reasonable person I agree, you cannot lose sight of reality and simply make decisions based on what would be true in an "ideal" world. Simultaneously though, you cannot lose sight of what series of events, decisions and outcomes would otherwise lead to an "ideal" situation. Shoot for the moon!
Ultimately, we're not so much talking in circles, rather most of us here are "great people" and we all largely agree but chafe around the edges a bit around definitions and bump up against each other on the degree of our "optimism/pessimism/realism" which as a whole is a good thing!