> Sadly, in a lot of cases this will lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy where you will stop trying to improve your math skills because you weren't "made for it"

> Sadly, in a lot of cases this will lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy where you will stop trying to improve your math skills because you weren't "made for it". But isn't this just semantics? That is, if neither you nor anyone else can convince you that you're capable then, in fact, you are not capable.