It's hard to tell if they're really just that unable to do math or the interest is just literally zero to invest any effort in it. Like, I'm often surprised at how sophisticated a person can be in discussing football (and able to do math in that context) while being completely blanked out about it in other contexts.
I do think the number of people who actually find pleasure in thinking about something and understanding something is pretty rare.
I dunno. I really loved math and physics until I hit a wall where I could clearly see I wasn't in the top % of my cohort in university. I didn't stop loving the basics but the upper level stuff got too hard for me.
It's hard to tell if they're really just that unable to do math or the interest is just literally zero to invest any effort in it. Like, I'm often surprised at how sophisticated a person can be in discussing football (and able to do math in that context) while being completely blanked out about it in other contexts.
I do think the number of people who actually find pleasure in thinking about something and understanding something is pretty rare.