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tsunamifuryyesterday at 11:16 PM1 replyview on HN

But the issues is you have the ratios wrong. 99% of math theory is useless and maybe 1% has value.


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throw-the-toweltoday at 12:51 AM

Maybe so! My point was not about the exact percentages, just the fact that you can't predict which avenues of research will yield practical results.