I’m worried that math and physics and theoretical CS are just nerd-snipery
No way, especially not physics. We as a civ need to do more of this stuff, not less, compared to what we are doing now.
I can’t think of any category of human activity that did more to improving the world than the hard sciences. Maaaaybe some religions in the “convince people to stop killing each other and cooperate long enough to get science off the ground” sense.
No way, especially not physics. We as a civ need to do more of this stuff, not less, compared to what we are doing now.
I can’t think of any category of human activity that did more to improving the world than the hard sciences. Maaaaybe some religions in the “convince people to stop killing each other and cooperate long enough to get science off the ground” sense.
For every person convinced to stop killing by religion, there are 2 who justified their killing with religion.
You have to evaluate vs e.g. a counterfactual world w/o christianity.
Justifications are cheap. Convincing someone to stop a certain behavior on the other hand is hard.