You would have eliminated Newton with this kind of thinking. The author's point was math is supposed to be exciting, mind-blowing, and gosh darn it, even fun. A

You would have eliminated Newton with this kind of thinking. The author's point was math is supposed to be exciting, mind-blowing, and gosh darn it, even fun. And the way they teach it at school is neither of these three. Extremely smart people love things that are exciting, mind-blowing, and fun, and what a horrible atrocity to scare these people away from math!