[calhoun137]

+1 for the request for a rephrasing.

When Faraday was asked about what the practical use of his discovery of electromagnetic induction was, he famously replied, "what is the use of a newborn baby?"

Which is how I read the OP

[pgustafs]

Here’s another great quote along the same lines:

“No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.”

GH Hardy 1941