I remember having a babysitter when I was little who was doing her high school algebra homework. I was curious, so she tried to explain the concept of x/y varia

I remember having a babysitter when I was little who was doing her high school algebra homework. I was curious, so she tried to explain the concept of x/y variables to me and it made no sense to me at the time, kind of broke my brain briefly. Then, as an adult, I had a Math-PhD friend attempt to explain some advanced number theory concept to me and I had the exact same feeling of just completely not getting it and feeling like my brain was broken. Math has been the only subject that could consistently produce that feeling, I've always had sort of a sense of wonder and awe about it.