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jmch: I would have thought...

Exactly, you would have thought. And hence you wouldn't have moved the rack in the first place.

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John Sager
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Yes, another example of Chesterton's Fence.

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《Yes, another example of Chesterton's Fence.》

Or in Terry Pratchett's canine latin of Discworld

"Si non confectus, non reficiat" - family motto of the Vetinari.

《standardized perfection》

Any useful standard ought to be prefaced with the Patrician's motto.

When you think about the essential (and insane) concept of perfection anything, process or system etc once it obtains perfection must necessarily be unique to the particular instance which I would think is the antithesis of standard(ized.)

Standardization is formalizing the art of the possible not aspiration to perfection. Engineering v Theology. :)

Antoine St Exupery probably had the most sensible approach to perfection:

"Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher." -Terre des Hommes, 1939.

Here, in the extreme, perfection would be the complete absence of anything - the (philosophical) void (sans vacuum fluctuations.) He was more practically claiming a minimalist approach to design would be more likely to lead in the direction of perfection.