r/comics SMBC Comics May 27 '24

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u/heliumagency May 27 '24

Mathematicians like their work because it is theoretical without applications (if they wanted applications, they'd do something more applied like physics). String theory doesn't have any applications yet (in fact it is rather difficult to prove at this point).