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CoolBee · 11-06-2009, 03:14 PM

Nice post

There are very few instances where the effort required to attain perfection is justified by the impact - exceptions are probably precision engineering (think O-seals on space shuttles) and brain surgery.

I wrote on here before - as my old PhD supervisor used to say "better 92% right and in than 100% right and never submitted"

20% of effort giving 80% of results is the same as 1% of effort giving 50% of results by the way

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CoolBee Family Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,044	Nice post There are very few instances where the effort required to attain perfection is justified by the impact - exceptions are probably precision engineering (think O-seals on space shuttles) and brain surgery. I wrote on here before - as my old PhD supervisor used to say "better 92% right and in than 100% right and never submitted" 20% of effort giving 80% of results is the same as 1% of effort giving 50% of results by the way