>> Who the hell does theoretical physics "commercially"?
> 
> Well, someone spent a whole s__tload of money building the LHC, and Cern 
> has been around for decades. Someone is doing theoretical physics for 
> money.

Yeah, about that... I forget how much it cost to build the LHC, but I do 
wonder where the *hell* they got the money, considering that they're 
just a bunch of scientists. Last time I checked, nobody pays money for 
finding out how the universe works.

>> Engineering seems to involve CAD and material simulations far more 
>> than any actual "mathematics" as such.
> 
> Depends, really. If you're trying to come up with the best airplane 
> wing, there's a lot of math involved.

Really? I assumed it was just a question of running different designs 
through the simulator and seeing which ones have the best properties.

>> That's a solved problem. (Solved several decades ago too.) You don't 
>> need Mathematica, you just need a good textbook.
> 
> Someone has to figure out all the other stuff like that.

Are you seriously suggesting that there are problems that are unsolved?

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