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Old 05-21-2006, 04:57 PM   #10
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by Beestie
I love astrophysics and quantum physics but I fear that if I try to study it too hard, I'll lose my sense of wonder and curiousity and get bogged down the complexity and uncertainty. I'm content reading a Hawking or Feynman book -leaving the tireless calculations to them.
Excellent point. Getting into something you love, that deeply, can have unintended results. There is a real risk in mixing vocation and avocation.
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