This re-instated what passes for faith in humanity

[Drasca]

When I see numbers, it's like I go dyslexic. They all just jumble up and do something funny.
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While I am far from an expert in mathematics, I believe this is because, as stated before, Math is a language. The 'numbers' and 'operations' of math (and I use these words loosely, because the English language is not direclty compatible with the mathematic) takes time and training to understand. A lot of people will not understand this language. It takes active training and work with someone that can teach you this language. To learn how to use, speak, and grasp the underpinnings solidly enough to do something more than copy-paste what's on the chalkboard takes an understanding that can only come from immersing yourself into the mathematic language and culture. I think there's just an invisible limit on how far you can go without someone else teaching you this language. The numbers don't and won't make sense without some formal education on them. Some will never make sense, but you'll only get a chance at figuring that out with training.

To be short, I'll reiterate: Math is a different language. The numbers you see aren't what those trained in the language do. F=ma and V=IR means nothing to someone with a basic understanding of English, let alone Physic's force equals mass times acceleration and Ohm's law volts equals current times resistence, and let's not begin with the oddball squiggly greek letters, subscripts, superscripts, myriad of symbols, flow diagrams, graphs and coordinate systems of all kinds, log tables, and operations that'd make your head spin and explode worse than beetlejuice. Or, maybe not. There are a few resident math majors and science professionals here. Maybe you'll end up one of them.