Hmmmm. Sadly, more than most memes this one is only useful in a subset of areas, all things being equal half or fewer.
That is, knowing the limits of possibility can help you invest (time, energy, money) into fruitful outcomes and not squander them on dead ends that were see already from the distance.
For example:
Go to the moon: good meme (those who said "impossible" were sidelined and we won!)
Hyperloop: bad meme (lots of investors duped).
My latter example is risky, of course, as the power of unbridled optimism that refuses to consider limits at all, is strong indeed and needs its counter meme 😉. Not least because, the impossible is often distantly or nebulously impossible. In the case of a Hyperloop a simple informed cost and risk analysis makes it clearly impossible to deliver at cost and safety standards that competing modes of transport achieve.
But there's no shortage of impossibles and you need look no further than the abundance of perpetual motion claims and scams scattered throughout history.
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Being on my own path is my way. Pushing limits. There sometimes is some moment of doubt, but it soon goes away.
Hmmmm. Sadly, more than most memes this one is only useful in a subset of areas, all things being equal half or fewer.
That is, knowing the limits of possibility can help you invest (time, energy, money) into fruitful outcomes and not squander them on dead ends that were see already from the distance.
For example:
Go to the moon: good meme (those who said "impossible" were sidelined and we won!)
Hyperloop: bad meme (lots of investors duped).
My latter example is risky, of course, as the power of unbridled optimism that refuses to consider limits at all, is strong indeed and needs its counter meme 😉. Not least because, the impossible is often distantly or nebulously impossible. In the case of a Hyperloop a simple informed cost and risk analysis makes it clearly impossible to deliver at cost and safety standards that competing modes of transport achieve.
But there's no shortage of impossibles and you need look no further than the abundance of perpetual motion claims and scams scattered throughout history.