People are welcome to do whatever they like. I'm expressing an opinion, my value judgement, that the math done for its own sake is just not as beautiful to me as math that has applications.
You call it laziness, and I call it a refined view built up over decades of study and repeatedly hearing mathematicians bullshit and be misinformed about how applicable their work is.
You call it laziness, and I call it a refined view built up over decades of study and repeatedly hearing mathematicians bullshit and be misinformed about how applicable their work is.