It's quite a big assumption to think truth can always be bent so as to satisfy our ridiculously limited cognition. And math has been used instrumentally from th

It's quite a big assumption to think truth can always be bent so as to satisfy our ridiculously limited cognition. And math has been used instrumentally from the very beginning, so results are often much more important than the process. Theoreticians may still value elegance because that gives them pleasure or whatever, but few other people care about that as long as they can use the results.