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To borrow a common wisdom about marketing, half of all mathematics is a waste of time, but you can't know which half.
by throw-the-towel 3mo ago
To borrow a common wisdom about marketing, half of all mathematics is a waste of time, but you can't know which half.
- tsunamifury 3mo agoBut the issues is you have the ratios wrong. 99% of math theory is useless and maybe 1% has value.
- throw-the-towel 3mo agoMaybe so! My point was not about the exact percentages, just the fact that you can't predict which avenues of research will yield practical results.