When we say we love knowledge for its own sake, aren't we simply saying that we get a kick out of discovering things?
Just as somebody may become addicted to heroin, the serial academic may have become addicted, chemically, to the rush that accompanies the discovery of something profound. Or to the hunt for knowledge..
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Man, Lance, you are back to blogging with a vengeance. Good boy! I am sure that our brains probably do reward us chemically for making a discovery -- it's only logical, our little part of the natural selection game.
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