I would say self-control is a sufficient but not necessary condition for doing science. Besides the joy that it gives me to find out about it, my life will be more or less the same whether I know the ratio of blue to red elliptical galaxies or not. I saw there was another (currently small) thread about this, but I have not read it yet, so please excuse any repetition. -Arlo James Barnes
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