Re: On Hardy's essay: "A mathematician's apology"

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Date: 01/16/05 

Date: 16 Jan 2005 15:43:28 -0800

Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
> A lot of lay people get enjoyment from Mathematics. A lot of lay
> people find a lot of things in the arts to be incomprehensible. Even
> in sports[1] you find only half a dozen games with a popular
> following.
>
> [1] At least in the USA.

You know you are losing your argument, don't you?
Compare the number of people who enjoy the music of Mozart
and the number of people who enjoy class field theory
(if you know what it means).

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