The question might be whether intrinsic motivation is inescapable. "From the start of this book I have had occasion, in various contexts, to refer to the overw

The question might be whether intrinsic motivation is inescapable. "From the start of this book I have had occasion, in various contexts, to refer to the overwhelming elation felt by scientists at the moment of discovery, an elation of a kind which only a scientist can feel and which science alone can evoke in him. In the very first chapter I quoted the famous passage in which Kepler announced the discovery of his Third Law: ‘...nothing holds me; I will indulge my sacred fury...’1 The outbreak of such emotions in the course of discovery is well known, but they are not thought to affect the outcome of discovery. Science is regarded as objectively established in spite of its passionate origins. It should be clear by this time that I dissent from that belief; and I have now come to the point at which I want to deal explicitly with passions in science. I want to show that scientific passions are no mere psychological by-product, but have a logical function which contributes an indispensable element to science. They respond to an essential quality in a scientific statement and may accordingly be said to be right or wrong, depending on whether we acknowledge or deny the presence of that quality in it." --- Michael Polanyi --- Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy, p140