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> In other news, evangelical christians ask scientists to stop publishing about evolution. not sure it's comparable, but the issue is that for a lot of those m
by tonfa 5d ago
> In other news, evangelical christians ask scientists to stop publishing about evolution.
not sure it's comparable, but the issue is that for a lot of those mathematical results, they don't really have utility by themselves. The utility is the new branches/understanding that's being developped.
- int_19h 4d agoIf that was all there is to it, there wouldn't be a problem - the results don't have utility by themselves so they can just be ignored. So, why can't they just be ignored?