Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 08/03/07 23:52

On 8/02/2007, Netmask posted this:

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> My personal philosophy is that one should always try to help people with the
> simplest straight forward solution to a problem. ie so that it works and then
> with time and confidence they can grow their experience and knowledge.
> Problem solving doesn't have to follow the typical puritan model that
> dictates all learning should be accompanied by a level of suffering and hard
> work. Simplicity is elegance in science.

OT, but I like the story...

Some years ago, I went out with someone who liked to say "No pain, no
gain". She would say it whenever she created a painful situation.

I never could convince her that although if she were right, the absence
of pain would entail the absence of gain, but the presence of pain did
*not* entail the presence of gain :-)

Oddly enough, there wasn't much gain in our relationship.

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Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
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