Comment by scotty79
23 days ago
If something requires effort to value it, is the value in the thing itself? Or is the thing garbage and all the value is in your effort?
23 days ago
If something requires effort to value it, is the value in the thing itself? Or is the thing garbage and all the value is in your effort?
I didn’t think I would see this take on HN of all places. You can’t appreciate Higher Topos Theory before spending a decade’s worth of effort in pure math - does that make much of Modern Algebraic Geometry “garbage”?
Math doesn't exist to be appreciated. Literature has literally no other application.
EUV litography machine is incredibly complex and I would have to learn for decades to meaningfully understand it, yet I can appreciate it knowing very little (of it and in general).
I climb mountains to see the views; the views are there independent of how much effort I put on the path (or how much satisfaction I draw at the end of trek), but I do have to put in the effort to see the views.
Would you take a free mountain lift ride to the top if you happened to come across one during a climbing trip?
would I read the summary of a book expecting the same thing as reading the book?
no
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