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There's an idea called "Practical Delusions" - things that are useful to believe, even if they're unlikely to be true.

https://twitter.com/jonnym1ller/status/1682450443627028480

If you don't try to be perfect, you won't get as close as you could.

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Well said. I guess I was more curious about *why* we'd want to be perfect in the first place. I Because I don't want to do something for the sake of doing something. e.g. I don't believe in striving for perfection just for the sake of it.

I suppose striving for perfection for the sake of others could (in some contexts) be a practical delusion?

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“Hypocrisy is a poison—it might not kill you in small doses, but there’s an upper limit.”

Powerful and noted✍️

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