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		nostrademons on Aug 2, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I am Not a Professor, or The Decline and Fall ... The best is the enemy of the good. I'd shorten the question to "Can we do better?"

jongraehl on Aug 2, 2009 [–]

I'd rather start with with pondering "what's the best way (that I can imagine)" and then move to "what's the surest route to improvement".

I don't think it's usually the case that someone who asks "what's the best ...?" is really only interested in things that are absolutely the best.

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