Perfectionism and its Limits

Yes, you've read that title correctly. "being perfect' doesn't exist and it will only live within our heads. Why, you may ask? Let me ask you this, have you ever stopped to think what being perfect really is? It's not as simple as getting 100% on a math test, thinking that it is considered a perfect score, when in all reality, that score is actually 99.[up to an infinite amount of 9s]%. The reason why that is, is because that test was made by a human, and what do we all have in common? We have flaws, and while each human has its different flaws, we all have flaws one way or another, whether we choose to accept that or not. Even if AI made that test, and even if it was copied from another AI and not another human, those traits are still carried from humans, and with those traits, comes with some flaws. Even if that AI were to claim that it is perfect, it is only overlooking some of the smallest, most minuscule flaws that most wouldn't even notice that its there, but it is very much there.

So... what exactly does perfection look like? To be bluntly honest, no one knows what perfection looks like, not even I myself know what perfection looks like, But I may have a guess of what it could look like. Perfection in simple terms is an individual or something at 100%, and not just on paper or tested 100% as stated above, I mean actual 100%. But the problem as stated before, is no one, even me knows what that even means in simple terms, so allow me to explain further. Perfection has a lot to do with our freewill in life, and freewill generally is defined as doing something without consequences or being limited to our fate, and if that really was the case then how come we can't grow wings off our backs and fly at will? Why is it that we can't live forever? Why is it that we can't completely ignore the pain and suffering all of us humans go through in life? In clear hindsight based on these questions, we never had actual freewill to begin with, and if that is the case, then we can never really strive to become PERFECT.

So then why do a lot of us choose to believe that such thing is achievable, when its not? Perfection when it comes to us humans, is a mindset. It is this idea that if we invest our time in something, whether it is working out, playing a video game, or learning to play an instrument, that we will become perfect in that sort of aspect that we invest our time in. This is where "practice makes perfect" comes from. It doesn't mean that you will become perfect as you will still makes mistakes and have flaws, but you will simply become someone who has accomplished and pushed themselves to the limit. with this mindset, it is how we think we can strive better for humanity in the long run.

So is perfection pointless if it is something we can't achieve it? While it may not be possible to achieve such thing, I do personally believe our flaws are what makes us better for all of us in the long run. Let's say for example you make a mistake with learning how to play a certain instrument, like a guitar, well now your brain knows what to do next time to try to prevent it from happening, and if you keep making that same mistake, it will become more and more instilled into your brain not to do that. Eventually your mistake, makes you better at playing guitar. You'll still make mistakes, even new ones and that's okay, because those mistakes are only going to make you a better player. Now, as for flaws, one major flaw that all of us humans have from the day we are born and cannot escape is death. Death is a very touchy subject yes, but I personally believe that seeing death only gives us a timer for how long we have to live on this earth, it gives us purpose. Purpose to put an effort to leave a mark on the earth before we go and rest in our grave. If we got rid of that flaw, would there really be any kind of purpose to life if we could just live forever?

So in conclusion, is perfection achievable? No. Is it something we can use as a tool for our brains to help us strive for better things? Yes. And does perfection really matter? For some, yes, but for others like me, not so much. I myself as a person strongly believe that if we were able to achieve true perfection, it would ruin the purpose of life and could quite possibly hold us back from advancing as a society by quite a lot. So with that being said, everyone reading this, spend every inch of life like it is your last, because quite frankly, we don't know when our time is up, until its too late.