That's like claiming that the only people who love literature are English majors. It's simply not true. For one, there are plenty of people in all sorts of disc

That's like claiming that the only people who love literature are English majors. It's simply not true. For one, there are plenty of people in all sorts of disciplines who had a good exposure to and still like math. More importantly, there are many people who enjoy logic puzzles and games but hate "math" because they have a warped perception of what "real math" actually is. A good introduction to math would turn a person's innate interest in thinking and logic into an interest in math. After all, at its base, math is really just a way to approach logic in an organized and systematic fashion. I think at least a basic understanding of some more abstract math--especially formal logic--is as valuable to a well-rounded person as an appreciation of literature or knowledge of basic history. Sure, the basic person on the street doesn't need to be an expert on algebraic topology, but they don't need to be experts on romantic literature or 17th century Belgian history either. This doesn't mean that they shouldn't be well versed in some--and probably a fair bit--of literature and history, and, in the same way, they should be well versed in at least basic mathematics. Now, one of the problems with math education is that what they teach is not really basic math. Rather, they teach subjects that are readily applicable at a fairly superficial level. I think a good grounding in formal logic and set theory, for example, is far more valuable in general than a thorough understanding of differential calculus. And yet it's the latter that is considered basic and widely taught, probably because it is immediately useful to engineers and physicists.