I hate combinatorics. Number theory and algebra are so beautiful and profound and I feel combinatorics just sucks out all the soul. Also strange that he cites

I hate combinatorics. Number theory and algebra are so beautiful and profound and I feel combinatorics just sucks out all the soul. Also strange that he cites Hersch, who, if I remember correctly became relevant during the post-modernism vs science wars, unless this is from that particular conflict--in which case I wasted my time reading this at all.