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Re: [Phys-L] The Make-Believe World of Real-World Physics




On 2013, Jul 11, , at 20:50, Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu> wrote:

On Jul 11, 2013, at 10:36 PM, David Willey wrote:

... "What is "Fun" in this context anyway?"

I would replace the word "fun" by "pleasure." Learning should generate pleasure, like when climbing a mountain.

Ludwik Kowalski
http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html



I think I read in the Aeneid a statement to the effect that completing a difficult task led to great pleasure.

bc's fourth year of Latin, and agrees with Virgil!