alt Hacker NewsYou’re confusing immediately useful with eventually useful. Pure maths has found very practical applications over the millennia - unless you don’t consider it pure anymore, at which point you’re just moving goalposts.
You’re confusing immediately useful with eventually useful. Pure maths has found very practical applications over the millennia - unless you don’t consider it pure anymore, at which point you’re just moving goalposts.
No, I'm not confusing that. Read the linked comment if you're interested.