Exactly, you're almost getting it. Hence the value of "pure" research in both science and math.
You are not yet getting it I'm afraid. The point of the linked post was that, even assuming an equal degree of expected uselessness, scientific explanations have intrinsic epistemic value, while proving pure math theorems hasn't.
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You are not yet getting it I'm afraid. The point of the linked post was that, even assuming an equal degree of expected uselessness, scientific explanations have intrinsic epistemic value, while proving pure math theorems hasn't.