I think it’s also that mathematicians rarely care about the answer, more about the process. Figuring out the volume of a complex shape with size scale x? Yes p

I think it’s also that mathematicians rarely care about the answer, more about the process. Figuring out the volume of a complex shape with size scale x? Yes please! Missed a factor of pi/2? Meh who cares? Multiplying two numbers? Oh look one is twice the other one, so it’s a perfect square times 2. Got the squaring wrong? Meh who cares. Then even if you do care, it’s hard to shake old habits. I can’t imagine an accountant saying “ooh here’s an interesting method for multiplying times the tax rate of 13.75%. Got the counting wrong? Meh”.