Let''s stop hating Math

[BAndrew]

While competent teaching helps to a certain extent, personal interest in the subject goes a long way. I'm much more invested in linguistics and art than I am in something quantitative like mathematics.

I don't see how math leads to 'abstract' thinking when it often posits questions which require concrete, singular answers. There's rarely a real situation where a margin of error is allowed during calculation.

No one says that you should like Math. Just don't disrespect it. I don't like dancing, but I never make fun of people who dance or think of them as less intelligent in any way.

Mathematics is concrete since it can be applied to real-life applications that one can use everyday, such as calculating the amount of money needed to pay for your taxes, mortgage, groceries, etc. It is objective and rigorous as there is only 1 correct answer, but many ways to arrive at it. It's abstract since it is also theoretical. Pure mathematics studies entirely abstract concepts. For example, the number "i" is any imaginary number with the property i² = -1. This is an abstract concept humans discovered.