Pure mathematics proves more useful than applied mathematics

Evidence

One rather curious conclusion emerges, that pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. A pure mathematician seems to have the advantage on the practical as well as on the aesthetic side. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics. — G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology, 269

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• XREF: Reverses the common lay assumption that applied math has practical value while pure math is ivory-tower; connects to Hardy’s broader defense of pure mathematics. — connects to: Purely mathematical theories can gain unforeseen practical applications — G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology, 265
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology, 269