Is this what makes us scientists function on a daily basis? Are we just junkies for comprehension?
Neuroscientists have proposed a simple explanation for the pleasure of grasping a new concept: The brain is getting its fix.
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"The reward of the young scientist is to be the first person to see something or to understand something. Nothing can compare with that experience; it engenders what Thomas Huxley called the Divine Dipsomania"--Cecilia Payne
In the 1920's most scientists would have told you that our Sun is made of IRON, and burns in the sky like a big hot poker. Cecilia Payne suggested that it was made of hydrogen, and was roundly dismissed. (She was also a woman) Years later, the community realised she was right.