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Originally posted by tanco521
That guy is fucking retarded...what could the point of that possibly be? I'm glad things like this are more important than cancer and aids. 
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I always get a kick out of it when people say things like this. Our society seems to have such an ignorance of what science is that it's disturbing. To say that a mathematical scientist would have better spent time working on a cure for cancer than on mathematical\computing pursuits is exactly the same as me saying "I'm glad porn is more important to you than world hunger".
You ask, "what could the point of that possibly be?" Advances in computing means more power to all forms of research that uses technology. Cancer and AIDS research falls right in there with that group (heavily even), and the better their technological capabilities, the more work can be done in those fields.
Sorry I don't mean to jump on you, but science is worth more thought than what we generally give it. Don't try so hard to diminish it if you don't truly understand it.
Jak