In G. H. Hardy's
A Mathematician's Apology, he raises that point quite seriously in defense of mathematics as a career choice. The book was written not long after World War II, when applied science had just proven its ability to kill millions in an instant; Hardy was a fierce opponent of the war and found comfort in the fact that no one will ever be killed by a transcendental number or a definite integral.
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I bet that one's always a real barn-burner.
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As opposed to those always-hopping microbiology parties?
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