I believe that the common sense notion "if it isn't broken don't fix it" is the most foolish thing I've ever heard.

Hmmmmm. Ok, so I'll sit on the fence with this one as I do use it a bit....

In terms of science and understanding? Sure, we strive forward...we learn new stuff.....we re-learn old stuff....we weigh up the for's and against's.....and create what we need to create for that moment in time. Be they inoculations, space rockets or vacuum cleaners.....

However, there is that thing - that special something - that just happens and if you try to dissect it, and work out the inner motions, then you just spoil the magic of it.

Athletes might have an unorthodox way of doing things but it works for them...same with musicians.....

learning to do things the 'correct' or the 'efficient' way might just not be as correct for them. In that respect learning more can effectively make them less.

Does that make sense?

SJD x

it doesn't account for the ongoing maintenance

No proverb is really literal. They include proverbs on the old fashioned IQ test, the one all professionals still swear by.

LOL!!

It's something I say when something that once was perfect (or as near to perfect as humanly possible) is unnecessarily replaced by something not nearly as aesthetically pleasing. Why do they do that?