> theoretical stuff and don't care whatsoever about what happens in reality. Just an aside: I think this is an oft-repeated misconception. It’s not so much tha

> theoretical stuff and don't care whatsoever about what happens in reality. Just an aside: I think this is an oft-repeated misconception. It’s not so much that pure mathematicians ‘don’t care about reality’ — it’s more that they consider the mathematics itself to be reality already. If mathematics isn’t reality, I’m not sure what is. As soon as you’re doing any kind of ‘modelling’, it would be reasonable to say it’s no longer ‘pure’ mathematics. Of course, the divide between pure and applied is somewhat fuzzy.