>friend asks me to help teach him how to kode
>go over recursion and ask him to solve fibonacci using this technique
>after explaining what fibonacci is to him he asks:
>"Okay, what's the point of this? When will I use this in real life?"
I don't know what to say to him. I explained that it was a common pattern found throughout nature and in finance but he remains unconvinced. What do you do when people ask the generic, "What's the point of math" questions?