Timeline for When is good enough good enough, the advancement of science and technology
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| Aug 29, 2017 at 18:35 | comment | added | Shufflepants | And the crux of the matter is a matter of mathematics. There are simply too many unknown things (an infinite amount in fact), too many different problems, and new problems happening all the time. The combinations of problems, knowledge, and solutions is too numerous and varied to ever get to the point where we have perfected even close to them all. And especially over the long term, those problems and what resources we have available will change. | |
| Aug 29, 2017 at 16:01 | comment | added | Ash | @F1Krazy You might want to use that thought as an answer that's the closest thing I've seen to someone addressing the psychology/philosophy side of the question directly. | |
| Aug 29, 2017 at 15:55 | comment | added | F1Krazy | I was going to write an answer mentioning the self-balancing spoon but you got there first so +1. Even if the vast majority think something's good enough, there'll always be someone who looks at it and thinks, justifiably or not, "I can do better than that." | |
| Aug 29, 2017 at 15:50 | history | answered | adaliabooks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |