Full Idea
Scientific exactitude is first attained in cases of the most superficial appearances; where one can count, calculate, touch, see, where quantities can be ascertained. Thus the most impoverished areas of existence have been fruitfully cultivated first.
Gist of Idea
Sciences are precise about what is superficial, and thus explore impoverished parts of existence
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17) [1887], 5[016])
A Reaction
The advent of computers, and even AI, have just accelerated this process. Statistical methods dominate social thinking. Thus accountants dominate our education system.
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17)', ed/tr. Leiner, George H. [Stanford 2025], p.7