The Perfect World

[Kyr Knightbane]

The Perfect World is the one you make for yourself.

But essentially since mankind is flawed, perfection will forever be out of our reach. So if you were to ask 'How can Mankind make the perfect world?' The answer would inevitably be, to remove ourselves from the equation.

But in more realistic/simplistic terms i suppose it depends on your definition of perfect.

 

[chiggerwood]

There can never be a perfect world because inherently humans are imperfect, therefore are perception of perfection is imperfect as well. If a man were to achieve perfection in his eyes it would probably be a hell for the majority of everyone else. The best we can ever hope for is a world where we're not trying to kill each other on a near constant basis, but even that's impossible seeing as hate, violence, and fighting increases dopamine, and endorphins in our brain, so there's always going to be shit like that, but if we lower the standard to "Tolerable" then things get more realistic. Maybe we could shoot for a world where people don't think that they're automatically better than someone else, or look down on someone else for their religion or lack of religion. I mean we can agree that thinking that just makes you a dick; at least I hope we can agree on that fact.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

There is no perfect world. A world that would be "perfect", would be dull in it's monotonousness, and as such, imperfect.
So, the closest world to a perfect one would be an imperfect world. This world.
This world is perfectly imperfect.

 

[MrMixelPixel]

My perfect world?

I want a world similar to the one we have now. With similar amounts pain, suffering, and evil. The only difference: I want to good guys to win just a little bit more often than the bad guys do.

I think the world kind of needs conflict to exist... a utopian society were everything runs smoothly sounds like a certain level of hell to me.

 

[Euryalus]

The one we have. The world is a painful place. Not so painful that it is unbearable, but enough that it serves as the perfect catalyst for betterment. The world is dandy, the people in it not so much.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

I say my perfect world is one where I have a lovely girlfriend/wife(Though none of this following my every whim stuff, she needs to have a proper personality and will of her own, and be smart and funny. Though, also fit my bedroom needs, but again, when appropriate on her time). Also, I have money enough not to worry/want for anything for my whole family and many many generations to come.

Other than that, you all are on your own, I would have my perfect world, you have to find your own. =P

where entertainment is always of the highest quality and feels no need to be restricted by censorship or to apeal to a certian group

I would say this too.

 

[Easton Dark]

A world where everyone shares the same views, and those views are based on fact and reason.

There are no wars, no famine, no epidemics of disease because those problems have been solved.

Loved ones don't die or get hurt, and you can feel safe at night.

Animals are not hunted by us to extinction.

Completely renewable energy.

All utterly hopeless and will never occur, but that is why it's perfect.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

I world in which we are all cats!

No more wars! No more conflicts!

Just nap time!

Considering my mom's cats, there would probably be twice the wars compared to what we've seen in history.

Those two cats fight every day.

Eat, barf, nap, poop, fight, eat, nap, fight, poop, fight, eat, nap.

That's about the extent of a typical day for those two. Occasionally thrown in is a part of time when the actually seek us out to play with them.

 

[Fractral]

I'd like to live in the culture, from Iain M Banks' culture series. Post scarcity, live as long as you want, everything is accepted, do whatever the hell you want with your life. That would be my perfect world.
Am I wrong to take offence when people say that they would like a world where everyone, including me, is dead?

 

[Eccentric Lich]

A world where the artist need not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small.

 

[Rainforce]

There is no such thing as Perfection.
If we define "perfect" as the state of no negative aspects we would first and foremost NOT EXIST.
but let's assume we suddenly had a world where nothing negative happens:
your brain will just slowly die, together with your body, lacking any reason to live, reproduce or fight. you won't have any emotional responses either, because you wouldn't experience any emotional contrast, making everything the same.

Therefore:
In a perfect world nothing would have ever existed.

too bleak?
That's the reason why you can enjoy this life, it's as perfect as it gets. (with a tiny margin determined by your actions changing the world to something more along your ideals [which are different from human to human anyways])

A world where the artist need not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small.

Well hello Andrew, haven't seen you in a while.

 

[blipblop]

I never got this search for perfection. the world is wonderful as it is and it´s the imperfection that makes it so beatuiful

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I don't think one can exist since in such a place people would have to stop being selfish and such a thing would have to somehow be removed from human nature. It's something that would have to leave since it's the one thing that has caused a shit load of bad things and has left us to where we are today, so get rid of that and you will be close to a perfect world.

Although, that kinda goes into some implications that are rather questionable, but that's a whole other discussion.

Anyways, I suppose for me a perfect world would be a place where everything isn't complicated and everything makes sense; everything has a clear reason for happening, so that kind of thing.

I wouldn't be as miserable and I wouldn't have to bust my ass for something that I may or may not get, but I suppose that would take the fun out of life, wouldn't it?

Also, I get to eat as many burritos as I want and I don't suffer any consequences for it, and they are the best burritos ever.

 

[Pinkamena]

Unlimited puppies for everyone!

 

[barbzilla]

Well since we are on about philosophy... This world is a perfect world already. Since our world revolves around our own mental states the world is, in fact, perfect for our perception of it. Furthermore since perception creates reality (at least in the eye of the beholder) we create our own world out of who we are. All information is subject to personal interpretation and many of us feel that our world is far from perfect, why this is can be as individual as the person having that feeling.

So, in short, we are in our own perfectly imperfect world.

 

[barbzilla]

This is for a philosophy class?

Try to think of it another way or from an angle you wouldn't have thought of at the face value of the question. Like "a world without the standard of perfection".

Put some real thought into that one, you'll come up with some interesting results.

Pretty much this, don't think too literally on the subject. Try to answer the question from an angle outside of your normal scope. There are as many answers to this questions as there are centimeters in the universe.

 

[MiskWisk]

How do you mean "perfect"? Do you mean without flaws as we see it? Or do you mean as maximising a certain trait such as effeiciency (my ideas on that could get me in serious trouble).

Assuming the first, one where greed does not exist; people do not have an inbuilt prejudice against anything new; religion is fully accepted as nonsense or at the very least, a religion that is based around helping others only and focuses on development; one that contains only small, sustainable human settlements with population never going past 2 billion and placing needs of the environment above humanity. Oh, and returning to a pre-currency system where at most trade is bartering goods.

But I realise that perfection is in itself an unattainable goal as the goal is constantly moved back. There will never be a perfect system as energy will always be lost. Furthermore, perfection leads to collapse when something occurs that is out of the ordinary. An organism fully adapted to survive in its environment will perish quickly when something alters in said environment (see the Giant Panda for a creature that is too adapted to its environment).

Captcha: baby steps. Yes, at best we can get better, little by little.

 

[Johnny Impact]

Any conscious being will always be aware of some way in which himself or his environment could be improved. It's the grass-is-always-greener effect. We're unhappy with how we look, so we exercise and eat better. Then we realize our appearance isn't going to last, that decrepitude will claim us all in time. We become unhappy with the prospect of death, so we achieve clinical immortality. Then we realize how long forever actually is. We begin to loathe the boredom which inevitably results from immortality. This chain of dissatisfaction does not end.

 

[FalloutJack]

A world full of an adaptive super-technology whose existence all around the globe renders war, jealousy, poverty, hatred, and other things pointless.

 

[Overusedname]

A world where we are mere thought and feeling, and cannot perceive gender, race, or creed, or anything else that contributes to prejudice.