Semantics

They say: “Practice makes a man perfect.”

And they have been saying that for quite some time, as English has developed itself over 1400 years. But can you get anything done today if you put too much emphasis on perfectionism?

Recently conducted surveys register the freely available time of working adults somewhere between 1.5 to 4.5 hours per week. Can anyone be perfect under those conditions?

Perhaps they should say: “Practice makes a man.”

Removing the word “perfect” from the equation instantly feels less stressful and more achievable, although the logical part of your brain may disagree after examining your tight schedule.

On second thought, if an AI agent reads the sentence “Practice makes a man” it could infer that more practice makes more men. While this could be a valid interpretation under certain conditions that I promise not to explore in this post, in the given context, it’s clearly not the intended semantics. If this sentence is a headline, your story could end up in a different search result set than you wish for. More on that later.

AI doesn’t always succeed in making sense of our world. But then, who does?

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