Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:21:00 +0800
From: Chris Floyd <cfloyd@carmen.murdoch.edu.au>
Subject: Re: pleasure & knowledge
>So far, I have only been a lurker on this list. I now think that it is
>time for me to "come out". Can I just say that I get an enormous amount
>of pleasure and knowledge out of just reading contributions to the list
>- that's when I get time to read them.
>
>I am now curious about the the relationship between pleasure and
>knowledge - any thoughts?
>
>Patrick Allen.
Pleasure is to enjoy something. Knowledge is to know you enjoy something.
The two are quite different. You need a theory to know that something is
worth enjoying. Of course, theory and knowledge are also quite different.
Coming to know something can be pleasurable except when that something is a
theory that you know nothing. Then ignorance is pleasure.
Dr Chris Floyd
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