[.cnI redruM]

>>>It is scientism, the ideology that regards science as the only way to the truth.

I blame a lot of this on the current myth abroad in America that math and science are "hard". Mathematicians and scientists by into this pernicious myth because it boosts their egos. They therefore think they are something they are not, and that's how scientism gets started.

[Hacksaw]

Mathematicians and scientists by into this pernicious myth because it boosts their egos. They therefore think they are something they are not, and that's how scientism gets started.

Mathematics is "hard" because it takes discipline. It's not a subject where you can "baffle 'em with BS". I always did bad in math until I got to college and realized I actually had to study and work example problems. Once I got the basics down, I started getting A's and made it all the way through Calc 3. If someone told me when I was in high school that I could take (let alone understand) higher math I would have thought they were nuts.

[doc30]

I blame a lot of this on the current myth abroad in America that math and science are "hard".

I disagree, but to a point. The "hard" sceinces aren't "hard" becasue they are a challenging discipline to study. THey are difficult to learn compared to other college subjects. But they are "hard" because, in any given problem, the answer is either right or wrong. There is no opinion, nothing subjective, or guess work involved. Either you know the material or you don't. Verbal arguements don't work unless you have facts to back you up or can conduct research to illustrate your answer. There are no opinion/essay questions in science.