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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Theory without application is often the entire point in certain academic circles and if someone comes along and finds a practical use for their mathematically based philosophical musings they delve deeper looking for the pureness

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Until is has a use, technically, it is useless.