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I mean... not quite... Unless you're talking about improvements in artistic techniques, the art itself doesn't really lead to something more practical, whereas

I mean... not quite... Unless you're talking about improvements in artistic techniques, the art itself doesn't really lead to something more practical, whereas pure mathematics actually does often lead to applications in other fields.

adrianN 8y ago
Modern mathematics is so incredibly abstract that I'd be very surprised if more than a minuscule fraction of all published theorems ever had practical applications. If you count that you should also count improvements in for example chemistry (pigments) or the theory of human perception that were initiated by art.