@boud BTW, for me that's a very old question. When I did my PhD, in a theoretical physics department dominated by particle physics and solid state physics, I noticed both the snobbish attitude of the particle physicists ("your matter stuff is a mere application of our fundamental theories") and the defensive attitude of the solid matter people ("but our work matters in real life"). Purity against "dirty" economics. Thus my interpretation: purity -> virtue signalling -> social status.
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