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Why the Perfect Human Could Be Humanity’s Greatest Nightmare
I can still recollect the first time that I chanced upon an article related to a “perfect human being.” I lay on my couch flipping through that science fiction magazine and drinking a warm cup of coffee. The more I read that article, the more I decided to think a little bit about what perfection really means.
For me the concept of perfection has always seemed changeable, appealing, yet elusive. My interest comes from the fact that it was like an interplay of science fiction with an amazingly small underpinning of philosophy and natural science.
Perfection is a culturally created concept and ideal that is ever-evolving. I have also reflected on the realization that beauty, worth, and beauty are actually very personal.
I remembered there was a point in college when one student didn’t like some modernistic piece of art. “That’s just some splattered paint,” he said, shaking his head. But to me, this was something beautiful: a mix of colors and shapes — confusing yet open.
I realized that, sometimes, perfection depends on the person looking at it and that within this notion lies a little bit of complexity.
