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Perfection is a goal more easily pursued in the cold, impersonal world of science, but this does not stop some individuals from seeking it in the uncertain world of human relationships. Whether the search for perfection is in the self or in another, the inevitable outcome is a tyranny of sorts. Those with perfectionistic traits impose a burden not only on themselves but on others.