Ming vases are among the most exquisite work of arts. On average they fetch over $20,000 in auctions. Now, suppose that one such vase develops a small crack of say few mm. How would that affect its value? Well, it would not drop by merely 10% or 20% or even 50%. Its value is likely to be reduced by 90%. Why that so? — Jacob-B
When you buy a new car, you should hit the hood with a hammer and put a noticeable dent in it, before you even drive it off the lot. This will relieve the new-car-driver of the horror of getting the perfect new car scratched or scuffed in a parking lot. Just dent the damned thing and get it over with. — Bitter Crank
We have a disgust center in our brain, the anterior insula which regulates emotional feedback on disgust.
–Christoffer
Why are we so obsessed with perfection, originality, and (in some societies) with virginity? — Jacob-B
An objects history can only get richer but not poorer. — TheMadFool
I take your silly perfect Chinese Ming vases and I raise you the Japanese art of Kintsugi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi — Artemis
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