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I would suggest that perhaps the people who bemoan not needing to use things they have learned are people who have difficulty with transfer, and that those who love learning for its own sake are more likely to be able to see connections to their existing knowledge base. I know that I find applications in places where I'd least expect to for all sorts of obscure things that I've learned. Of course, the most useful application, bar none, for learning widely that I have encountered yet has been the ability to get more of other people's obscure jokes.