We all want to be perfect .. we all need to be perfect. It's human need probably; a perfectly looking woman, a perfectly rich man! But things around us teach us something different.
It was about 100 years before Christ, when a huge battle took place between Egyptians and Syrians. It was known as the battle of Kadesh. It was the first battle to be known that huge. Egyptians had more men, and had more experience. On the other hand Syrians were less in number, of no much experience with war tactics, but history tells us that the Syrians won the battle! And the reason came to be .. the Weapons!
Egyptians on one side went there with their weapons made out of bronze, they knew the bronze and it proved to be good in previous wars. But on the other side, Syrians had their weapons made out of Iron. And just to make a comparison between this and that; an sword made out of bronze is strong, looking perfect, until it is cracked once or twice, then it can be easily broken! A shield made out of bronze is very strong until it is bent a little, then it can be completely damaged. On the other side, a sword made out of iron can be cracked once, twice and ten times and still sustain until the end of the battle, and so is an iron shield, it can be severely bent and still protect the man standing behind it!
It wasn't until the twentieth century, until we got to know microscopes, that we knew the reason; that sliding of atoms across each other is the secret behind all that. How much imperfections can the material handle, that's the point! When atom A breaks its bond with atom B and make a new bond with atom C, still with the same strength as the first bond, that's the secret! It was since then, that materials scientists were not looking for strong materials, or good looking materials, but materials that can sustain as much defects and imperfections as possible.
It was since then that we understood that a good man is not the happiest one, though, he is the one who can still live happily however he know he has defects and flaws in his life!
Thank you :)
- Famelab NRW 2013
It was about 100 years before Christ, when a huge battle took place between Egyptians and Syrians. It was known as the battle of Kadesh. It was the first battle to be known that huge. Egyptians had more men, and had more experience. On the other hand Syrians were less in number, of no much experience with war tactics, but history tells us that the Syrians won the battle! And the reason came to be .. the Weapons!
Egyptians on one side went there with their weapons made out of bronze, they knew the bronze and it proved to be good in previous wars. But on the other side, Syrians had their weapons made out of Iron. And just to make a comparison between this and that; an sword made out of bronze is strong, looking perfect, until it is cracked once or twice, then it can be easily broken! A shield made out of bronze is very strong until it is bent a little, then it can be completely damaged. On the other side, a sword made out of iron can be cracked once, twice and ten times and still sustain until the end of the battle, and so is an iron shield, it can be severely bent and still protect the man standing behind it!
It wasn't until the twentieth century, until we got to know microscopes, that we knew the reason; that sliding of atoms across each other is the secret behind all that. How much imperfections can the material handle, that's the point! When atom A breaks its bond with atom B and make a new bond with atom C, still with the same strength as the first bond, that's the secret! It was since then, that materials scientists were not looking for strong materials, or good looking materials, but materials that can sustain as much defects and imperfections as possible.
It was since then that we understood that a good man is not the happiest one, though, he is the one who can still live happily however he know he has defects and flaws in his life!
Thank you :)
- Famelab NRW 2013
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