> "Nobody told me why I should learn about ancient history or 20th century literature." Did you ever ask? I assume not, since you claim nobody ever asks that

> "Nobody told me why I should learn about ancient history or 20th century literature." Did you ever ask? I assume not, since you claim nobody ever asks that question about ancient history - so why would anyone have told you? If you did ask, doesn't that rather undermine your claim that nobody ever asks this question about other subjects and people only ask it about mathematics?