The faster you are at any activity does it mean you are better. So should we always strive for speed.
2007-02-27 14:44:39 · 11 answers · asked by JT 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
no, probally more so how complete whatever you are doing in a certain time frame. its not going to matter how fast you did something in if it happened to be half-assed. so, no we shouldn't always strive for speed, yet rather more so completeness
2007-02-27 14:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by anna c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you are adequately assessing what is better with relationship to speed. There are many times when slower is better.
For example, would you want to be the fastest driver on a highway with a cop nearby? If your plane is about to crash and all you need is a few more seconds to pull up, would you want your plane to moving as fast as it can?
But for competitive purposes, slow can be a very valuable tool. A pitcher in baseball is often known for his 100mph fastball, but if he puts that with a wicked slow change-up he becomes a Hall-of-Famer. If you're putting in golf, a shot hit too strong will skip the hole. When playing basketball the fastest kid will get to the basket soner, but the person who can get slow real quick has a master "fake-out."
With music, faster tempos produce only so many types of songs. If everything were fast, you'd lose 99% of the love songs out there, much of the blues and a whole lot of talented long-winded opera singers who just can't rap fast enough.
On another whole side of the conversation you have to talk about speed being realtive and who is observing how fast something is. Who determines whats fast? Where does this speed come from and how is that important? Does the action, object, machine, person need to be fast? Doesn't something have to move slow in order for something else to appear fast?
Okay okay okay... this is way too much for a Yahoo Answers question. Really, speed is a part of everything, but what's most important about it is discovering just how fast you should go.
2007-02-27 22:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by urbaal_99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like in Aseop's fable "The rabbit and the turtle", the slow and steady wins...It doesn't mean that if you finished an activity faster, you are better. There may me some errors in the activity and some questions that you may have missed. It is the fast yet constant person who is better. In an activity, take time to review your answers before submitting it to make sure that you answered all correctly. You never know...Maybe those who finished faster only guessed their answers or even don't know it at all and so they easily gave up...
Sorry if my answer's too long...I'm just trying to explain it the best I can...
2007-02-27 22:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by yuischa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. Speed does not always insure quality - look at cars! :-) Just because they go faster doesn't mean they run better. Likewise, people who take tests faster aren't necessarily getting more right answers. Though speed can be indicative of confidence and therefore skill, it isn't relative to actual overall excellence.
2007-02-27 22:49:10 · answer #4 · answered by Beauty Bunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm interesting question...well maybe we should rather be investigating your assumption that time exists. Those who truly understand the nature of time can master what is called speed...such as disappearing from right in front of you and reappearing behind you instantaneously. The reason we perceive this is that time is an illusion, and we think that there was a before, now, and then. Look beyond this and you'll see the answer you're really looking for I think. :)
2007-02-27 22:55:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you strive for the quality but when there's a limit of time, put the speed into consideration.
2007-02-27 22:48:38 · answer #6 · answered by Helper X 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not even close.......striving for speed would be a big, big mistake. Strive for balance.
2007-02-27 23:10:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd say no.
of course, when you are working on a time limit, speed is important, but in general I think that its not how fast you get something done that is important but how well you do it (how much effort you put forth, if you do your best, the quality in the end, ect) so I dont think speed determines quality.
2007-02-27 22:59:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The race is not given to the swift, it's given to the ones who endure it.
2007-02-27 22:50:09 · answer #9 · answered by Pseudonym 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the level of accuracy that is required when you finish the activity.
2007-02-27 22:51:18 · answer #10 · answered by karroozer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋