So when, say, the performance of rubber O rings on the space shuttles was analysed, statistical warning signs were addressed on paper but a pressing danger was allowed to remain in the real world.
An interesting looking production goes only so far, however, when the performance is as tepid as it was on Saturday.
General Secretary Grahame Smith said: "While Scotland's performance over the quarter may be spectacularly good compared to the UK as a whole, it is much less so when performance over the past year is considered.
"I felt I had no identity outside the company, so when a performance wasn't absolutely perfect, I took it as a sign that I was a horrible dancer and a horrible person," she said.
But you might think that classical music would be immune from such distractions doubly so when a performance is being judged as part of a competition.
People who burn out are often high achievers, so when their performance begins to slip, others don't always notice.
Performing adulthood becomes dangerous when the performance is so limiting.
(The virginal outfits are nearly funny in their broad strokes — did no one in her circle think to say, "A little on the nose"?) Performing adulthood becomes dangerous when the performance is so limiting.
So when Lamar's performance transitioned into "Alright," there was a real comfort in the song's assuring chorus.
So it only seems natural that when the performance aspect is combined with the impressive infotainment suite that it would make a lasting positive first impression, right?
