Re:It make me sad to see... (Score 1)

And the percentage of people who will be using galois theory in their job every day (or at all) is, what...0.00001%?

Yes, but my point is you can't just write off advanced math.

And, if more people were willing to take higher math, they'd develop skills that would let them go beyond your typical boring day jobs, into better jobs in, well, it's in my post...

I'm not sad that people aren't using more than arithmetic, that's fine, and probably works for them in their mediocre employment. I'm sad that people aren't living up to their own potential.

Math teaches you to think; there is nothing more valuable than that.