Originally Posted by Sly

I thought education was silly and pointless.

None of us were alive when the mathematicians of 2000 years ago began creating some of the basic principles used in mathematics and engineering. None of us were alive when Sir Isaac Newton "discovered" gravity either.

How do we know any of that happened? Do we need to discover those theories all over again? How can we create new theories if we are so busy learning basic theories since we were not around at the time of their creation to know if they were really created?