I came in wondering the same thing. Why is this newsworthy? Every one of the replies to your comment is either a joke or an obnoxious lecture about "why maths c

I came in wondering the same thing. Why is this newsworthy? Every one of the replies to your comment is either a joke or an obnoxious lecture about "why maths can just be for the sake of it [and might be useful later]" like you're some sort of recently-thawed caveman. People can't just say "no, no actual applications yet, it's just cool," or, "I don't know." Ugh. Whole thread made me cringe.