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jostmey on June 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: My Son Won't Do His Homework (2007)

We learn math & science because it gives us electricity, airliners, and computers. Enough said.

gruseom on June 3, 2013 | [–]

If that were the reason, they would never have existed in the first place.

gaze on June 3, 2013 | [–]

Nah. We do it because it's cool. Those things are side effects.

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