> They don't care. There are two possible reasons for people not caring: 1. Their childhoods were fucked up to the point that they never had the time to think

> They don't care. There are two possible reasons for people not caring: 1. Their childhoods were fucked up to the point that they never had the time to think about math. 2. They're stupid So, maybe the initial reaction from the responders ("that they are stupid, ignorant, or even worse") wasn't all that wrong. Aaron Swartz put it in more positive words: "What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity."