What is work

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   October 15, 2010

   Ken Ferry

   I am reminded of a brain teaser I once read in an engineering journal that asked what was the largest number of triangles that could be created from six equal-length line segments. Their answer was four (a tetrahedron); mine was eight (a Star of David). You see, they made the mistake of starting with an answer, which was to think in three dimensions instead of two, and allowing their initial prejudice to blind them of any “better” answers.

   I loved all the wonderful nuances that were revealed in the many responses to your question, “what is the opposite of work?” Nuances that are, frankly, missing from your pre-blessed “correct” answer above. The result? I am anything but motivated to read anything else Mr. Allen might have to offer me. Perhaps if you went back to those answers you received, you might be able to come up with something of real substance for your readers.

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