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ALL IMPORANT INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY IS DRIVEN BY THE FAITH THAT INTUITION IS A GOOD GUIDE AND THAT PERSERVERANCE WILL BE REWARDED
BUT IT IS IMPORANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS FAITH DOES NOT MEAN
JUST BECAUSE INTUITION IS A GOOD GUIDE DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL LEAD US DIRECTLY TO THE REWARD -- IT JUST MEANS THAT INTUITION IS A BETTER GUIDE THAN THE ALTERNATIVES -- INTUITION NARROWS THE SEARCH SPACE, BUT USUALLY NOT ALL AT ONCE
AND THE REWARDS THAT COME ARE NOT EXTERNAL, AT LEAST NOT OFTEN -- THEY ARE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RIDE ON THAT WAVE
ROY RADNER AT NYU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS NOT LONG AGO