>>11544109Then in that case, the answer to your question would be no. Math is the pinnacle of human thought, the highest achievement our race, nay any race can hope to accomplish. If we find other civilizations out in space the only objectively feasible way we can compare ourselves and our progress is how far the development of our math has come along. That said I don't mean to say other fields are useless or not worth of study - different strokes for different folks and all that.