On 11/20/09 08:51, scott wrote:
> This is exactly like me too. I put it down to the fact that I really
> just want to see if a concept is viable or not, I have no interest in

	What I call "The Mathematician's Fallacy".

	A hotel was hosting attendees of a physics conference. A fire broke 
out. The physicists did some complex calculations, calculated the 
trajectory of buckets of water flung from a quickly crafted catapult, 
and successfully were able to land the buckets of water into the fire, 
extinguishing it.

	The next week it was a chemistry conference. Another fire broke out. 
The attendees ran to the kitchen and related utility rooms, and quickly 
crafted a custom made extinguisher. Applied it to the fire, and went 
back to sleep.

	The next week it was a mathematics conference. Yet another fire broke 
out. The attendees ran out of their rooms. Looked around. Saw a fire 
extinguisher hanging by the wall. Declared "A solution exists!". And 
promptly left the building.

	The hotel burned to the ground.

	You come up with a solution, convince yourself that it works, and 
what's left is implementing it, which simply doesn't seem fun to you. 
You weren't actually interested in *solving* the problem. You just 
wanted to figure out *how* it's solved.

-- 
Two robins were sitting in a tree. `I'm really hungry`, said the first
one. `Me, too` said the second. `Let's fly down and find some lunch.`
They flew to the ground and found a nice plot of plowed ground full of
worms. They ate and ate and ate and ate `til they could eat no more.
`I'm so full I don't think I can fly back up to the tree`, said the
first one. `Me either.  Let's just lay here and bask in the warm sun`,
said the second. `O.K.` said the first. They plopped down, basking in
the sun. No sooner than they had fallen asleep, a big fat tom cat snuck
up and gobbled them up. As he sat washing his face after his meal, he
thought, `I just love baskin` robins.`

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