Comment by brap

If knowing the answer is not valuable then asking the question wasn’t valuable to begin with.

We should remember that math exists primarily to serve a purpose and that purpose is not being a fun puzzle hobby for a select few mathematicians.

Imagine a programmer telling their boss it’s not about working software it’s about the journey of writing the code. Good luck getting hired.

I think if pro mathematicians don’t change their tune quickly they will soon see their funding approach zero.