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Most mathematicians don't take pride in their results having no applications. That's just not true. Maybe some quirky pure logicians or something. But otherwise
by chermi 4mo ago
Most mathematicians don't take pride in their results having no applications. That's just not true. Maybe some quirky pure logicians or something. But otherwise 90%+* of mathematicians I know would be at least satisfied if not thrilled for their work to be used by others.
*Completely made up statistic.
- limflick 4mo agoI've had the opposite experience with all the math nerds that I know. End of the day it's all anecdotal ig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician%27s_Apology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician%27s_Apology