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Intellectual pursuits have value outside of money, you know. You speak like someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
by omginternets 9y ago
Intellectual pursuits have value outside of money, you know.
You speak like someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- ambulancechaser 9y agothat's very uncharitable. This person has a PhD in mathematics and has done some studying in the field. This is their own personal opinion of the matter after a firsthand experience.
- graycat 9y agoYou seriously misread my post. A lot of "pursuits have value outside of money"; e.g., for some years I pursued violin. But if a person is being paid to do research in mathematics, then usually in some sense commonly the people paying will want to know if the work is or will soon become useful. In fact, there was the David Report that severely criticized Federally funded math research that seemed to have no intended connection with applications. The theme of that criticism was if the math is being pursued just as art, then fund it like art. I was giving my personal opinion and not trying to change the opinion of anyone else. Read my other responses here.