What is the end goal? It's not making life better for humans, because we're posting about humans fucking hating this.
It's not about improving understanding, as you just pointed out.
So why? What the purpose? Is it just pure misanthropy?
It's not about improving understanding, as you just pointed out.
So why? What the purpose? Is it just pure misanthropy?
A small subset of humans who lost a bunch of comparative advantage hate it. Most people who care about math in the abstract probably think it's really cool!
The thing I liked about humanity was its ability to think. Making that valueless is not my idea of progress.