My take (working scientist): - You need to know some math to do great science. How much math depends very much on your field, and what you're looking into (eve

My take (working scientist): - You need to know some math to do great science. How much math depends very much on your field, and what you're looking into (even within my field, 'great science' can range from things that only need long division to things that need serious calculus or simulation chops). - Knowing math does not mean you can do great science. The mathematically inclined occasionally fall susceptible to the stack fallacy, and assume that once the math is known, everything else falls into place. Some of the worst science I've seen in my field stems from that assumption.