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Being good at math is seen as perhaps the purest indication of intellectual ability, and it is often imbued with a mystique that extends far beyond the actual skills involved. People who are good at math are popularly seen as smarter than people who are good at sculpture or auto mechanics. Even if one cannot mold a sitting figure or repair a transmission, the process of doing so is not so mysterious that it is impossible to imagine ever doing it oneself. The same is not true for mathematics, perhaps because no day-to-day analogy for the skills involved ever comes to mind; sculpture is reasonably like making sand castles, auto repair is similar to changing a light bulb or tightening a screw.
* by Marlene Zuk, Sexual Selections
