Math is too boring as a spectator sport. It's funded because of its practical use.
There's going to be some hobbyists doing math in their basements, but there's unlikely to be a future for professional mathematicians.
There's going to be some hobbyists doing math in their basements, but there's unlikely to be a future for professional mathematicians.
That's exactly what the Simons foundation was set up to reject, and it's one of most important funding streams for math
However, if you want me to pay for it, and it expressly offers zero practical benefit to me or society at large, then that's a no from me dawg.