Comment by stymaar
2 months ago
As a friend of mine who also happens to be a math professor once said: mathematicians are like sculptors who marvel about the beauty of their creation, and are kind of disgusted when a physicist comes nearby and says “that's a cool hammer you got there, may I borrow it?”.
I would be flattered , but that is just me
John: "I've just gotten word. They found an application for my theorem. They say they've used it to cure cancer."
Frank: "I'm so sorry."