Pure mathematics is worthwhile

My opponent has proposed that life is the only end-in-itself, which I fundamentally disagree with and believe his logic supporting this to be heavily flawed.Just because life is required for "goodness" to be appreciated does not mean that life must be the sole goal, there must also exist the things to be appreciated. A life living only to form new life is not a good existence by almost any standard, it would eradicate all music, art, friendship, nice food, travel, religion, sport, learning, dance, philosophy... The list goes on until all we are left with is a group of people dedicated to procreating to the greatest extend possible, this does not sound good in the slightest. I repeat C.S Lewis' quote "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”It is true that meaning without life is bad, however life without meaning is far worse. I would choose a world with 100 happy people over one with 1000 sad people.Pure mathematics is not valuable because it give more life, but because it gives that life meaning, purpose and happiness.1) It gives people pleasureI think it is true that if people gain pleasure from something and it does not cause harm to others, then it is worthwhile.The moral implications of drug usage is a very separate debate, but what distinguishes harmful drugs from mathematics (and the other example) is that they are harmful, they cause harm. Mathematics, art, poetry, friendship etc. do not inherently cause harm. If there was a drug with gave happiness without causing health issues, there would not be a problem.Art and the other examples are valuable for the same reasons maths is, it brings happiness.To quote Earl Nightingale, "We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile."2+3) It doesn't require direct applications, but does have them & Studying pure maths improves your analytical, communication and problem solving skillsAgain, I find myself disagreeing here.Of course, it is sometimes more reasonable to use mathematical methods for a specific goal, but very often it isn't that way.Without constraining effort to problems you are currently facing science and maths can go further, preparing for questions we do not yet have. We are not limited to current technology, development or issue but can go so much further, expanding horizons which we can reach later. Science and maths can be telescope to the future, seeing places we can't reach now, but might later.4) Numbers are a part of our universe, to study maths is to study the worldWe should study the universe (and by extension history, sociology, philosophy...) because knowledge breeds understanding, acceptance, a furthering of culture and an overall increase in happiness, meaning and satisfaction. My life has meaning to me because I find meaning in it through the pursuit of happiness, friendship, love, knowledge not because I have a beating heart, I breathe and I am alive. Life is not the end-in-itself, pleasure/happiness/satisfaction is.Things like beauty are hardly irrelevant, they are what makes life worth living as they bring happiness, joy and satisfaction. That is what is worthwhile, not life itself.5) It doesn't really cost anythingThis point does not stand alone, but in combination with the others it does show while mathematics is worthwhile by itself as its benefits (mainly happiness and satisfaction) far outweigh the time spent.____ConclusionI would rather have the smaller empire of Greeks with people curious about the world around them, finding pleasure and meaning in their lives, meeting people to form friendships not just more people, conquering the abstract not other people, writing plays not watching people fight to death, studying logic not battle, not being limited to the Earth but surveying the skies. (I am fully aware, most Greeks were not like this, it is admittedly a poor parallel)I think this is the crux of the whole debate, happiness or life. I choose both. Thank you for the debate.