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[Hanslanda]

Find me an unflawed, perfect creature for comparison.

Robots. Xenomorphs. Go.

[Flying Dice]

No such thing exists, and I dearly hope that it never will. Our flaws are what make us human. A race of perfect, flawless beings would be anathema to our understanding of personhood; there would be no variation between individuals, and thus no individuality. Depending on the standards of perfection being used, they could very well be horrifying for other reasons as well.


Ninja proves my point.

[Bdthemag]

Well hey, even though humans are incredibly flawed one day we could obtain the knowledge and technology necessary to create a less flawed creation. But you know, that won't happen for at least fifty years or so.

[Sirus]

Find me an unflawed, perfect creature for comparison.

Robots. Xenomorphs. Go.

Robots can barely walk up stairs, and it's debatable whether they count as creatures (being completely artificial and incapable of reproduction). Xenomorphs are fictional and rely on other species to reproduce, if the other species aren't smart enough to simply destroy the eggs.

Ninja'd by a more practical answer.

[penguinofhonor]

No such thing exists, and I dearly hope that it never will. Our flaws are what make us human. A race of perfect, flawless beings would be anathema to our understanding of personhood; there would be no variation between individuals, and thus no individuality. Depending on the standards of perfection being used, they could very well be horrifying for other reasons as well.


Ninja proves my point.

I consider your perspective flawed.

[Bdthemag]

No such thing exists, and I dearly hope that it never will. Our flaws are what make us human. A race of perfect, flawless beings would be anathema to our understanding of personhood; there would be no variation between individuals, and thus no individuality. Depending on the standards of perfection being used, they could very well be horrifying for other reasons as well.


Ninja proves my point.

I consider your perspective flawed.

Well, then maybe one day he could create a less flawed perspective?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Find me an unflawed, perfect creature for comparison.

Robots. Xenomorphs. Go.

The funny part is that thematically, Xenomorphs are an anti-perfect shadow of Humans. Even the violence they commit is a perversion of the violence we commit.

[Flying Dice]

No such thing exists, and I dearly hope that it never will. Our flaws are what make us human. A race of perfect, flawless beings would be anathema to our understanding of personhood; there would be no variation between individuals, and thus no individuality. Depending on the standards of perfection being used, they could very well be horrifying for other reasons as well.


Ninja proves my point.

I consider your perspective flawed.

All a product of my human mind, neh? Because in all seriousness a race of perfect beings, if nothing else, would be perfectly boring. Flaws don't need to be construed as problems or, well, flaws. Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be as "deviations from the hypothetical norm", but that's a bit of a mouthful. In other words, differences. If we were perfect, we would be identical, as each of us would by necessity perfectly align with whatever concept of perfection was being used. Even if we each still had our own minds, we would (being perfect) naturally come to identical conclusions, have identical ideas, and so forth, given that we were all using the same perfect thought processes to attain the same perfect goals.

In other words, we'd be Cybermen, except less silly.


I'll keep my flaws. 

[Bdthemag]

No such thing exists, and I dearly hope that it never will. Our flaws are what make us human. A race of perfect, flawless beings would be anathema to our understanding of personhood; there would be no variation between individuals, and thus no individuality. Depending on the standards of perfection being used, they could very well be horrifying for other reasons as well.


Ninja proves my point.

I consider your perspective flawed.

All a product of my human mind, neh? Because in all seriousness a race of perfect beings, if nothing else, would be perfectly boring. Flaws don't need to be construed as problems or, well, flaws. Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be as "deviations from the hypothetical norm", but that's a bit of a mouthful. In other words, differences. If we were perfect, we would be identical, as each of us would by necessity perfectly align with whatever concept of perfection was being used. Even if we each still had our own minds, we would (being perfect) naturally come to identical conclusions, have identical ideas, and so forth, given that we were all using the same perfect thought processes to attain the same perfect goals.

In other words, we'd be Cybermen, except less silly.


I'll keep my flaws. 

Sure, it'd be boring to a being who isn't perfect.

[Flying Dice]

No such thing exists, and I dearly hope that it never will. Our flaws are what make us human. A race of perfect, flawless beings would be anathema to our understanding of personhood; there would be no variation between individuals, and thus no individuality. Depending on the standards of perfection being used, they could very well be horrifying for other reasons as well.


Ninja proves my point.

I consider your perspective flawed.

All a product of my human mind, neh? Because in all seriousness a race of perfect beings, if nothing else, would be perfectly boring. Flaws don't need to be construed as problems or, well, flaws. Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be as "deviations from the hypothetical norm", but that's a bit of a mouthful. In other words, differences. If we were perfect, we would be identical, as each of us would by necessity perfectly align with whatever concept of perfection was being used. Even if we each still had our own minds, we would (being perfect) naturally come to identical conclusions, have identical ideas, and so forth, given that we were all using the same perfect thought processes to attain the same perfect goals.

In other words, we'd be Cybermen, except less silly.


I'll keep my flaws. 

Sure, it'd be boring to a being who isn't perfect.

Perfection is stagnation, a complete lack of the capacity for progress and development, at least for the definition of perfection under which a being is perfect. To boot, if a perfect being does change state, there is only one way for it to go.

[Squanto]

Youtube updated for me.  Now 50% of videos don't work.  Either they play a few seconds and then show an error, give the error exclamation from the start, or tell me to download the newest flash player which I did already install, THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOGLE FOR BREAKING EVERYTHING.

[Bdthemag]

Youtube updated for me.  Now 50% of videos don't work.  Either they play a few seconds and then show an error, give the error exclamation from the start, or tell me to download the newest flash player which I did already install, THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOGLE FOR BREAKING EVERYTHING.

It absolutely baffles me how google thinks it's a good idea to change the layout. Just as everyone gets used to the new crappy layout, they change it. Hell, this time it's even removing features and shoving recommendations down your throat. No Youtube, just because I watch video game related videos does not mean I want to watch fucking PewDiePie.

[Euld]

I accidently added the same video twice to the wrong playlist, now I can't find a way to remove it ._.  ugh.

[Kadzar]

I accidently added the same video twice to the wrong playlist, now I can't find a way to remove it ._.  ugh.

If you go to the playlist, there should be a button that says "Edit playlist" somewhere at the top left (unless you're one of the secret test market subjects, then who knows what's where). Click it, and you should be able to select the ones you want removed. Then click the drop-down menu that says "actions" and select "remove videos from playlist". Then you just need to save your changes, and you're done.

[Xantalos]

Find me an unflawed, perfect creature for comparison.

Robots. Xenomorphs. Go.

The Thing.